The Hoek Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.08° S 18.35° E)

Surf Forecasts:

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 14 Nov 2025 SAST

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The Hoek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's The Hoek sea temperature is 16.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for The Hoek at 4PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 14). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	6s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Evening (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s

Table - waves today at The Hoek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 14					Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	!	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	W	SSW	W	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSE
Period(s) (?)	6	11	10	11	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	245	143	135	146	344	469	411	378	434	567	665	741	964	3143	2846	2241	1697	1286	932	760	678	551	440	320
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:36AM 1.25				12:13AM 1.13				12:22PM 1.31				12:55AM 1.20				12:59PM 1.36				1:29AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)				6:11PM 0.39				6:11AM 0.44				6:52PM 0.32				6:53AM 0.40				7:26PM 0.25				7:28AM 0.35

	Friday 14					Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	19	18	18	18	16	15	14	15
Feels °C (?)	14	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	11

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