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 Wednesday 12 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 15.8° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for The Hoek at 6PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 12). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	13s
Afternoon (12 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	13s
Evening (12 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Wednesday 12					Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	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)	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	!	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	6	10	10	10	6	7	7	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1384	1170	980	843	1042	1398	1713	2458	2011	1472	1119	773	698	372	305	227	212	494	200	145	275	382	452	463
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:09AM 1.17				9:53PM 1.03				10:33AM 1.19					11:16PM 1.07				11:36AM 1.25				12:13AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)			3:50PM 0.52				4:03AM 0.52					5:14PM 0.47				5:17AM 0.49				6:11PM 0.39				6:11AM 0.44

	Wednesday 12					Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	18	19	19	20	18	17	16	16	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	16	18	18	17	15	14	12	11	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	12	15	13	14	13	11	10	10	9

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