The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 27 Feb 2026 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
17.7° C
(Which is 2.1°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 8AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (27 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (27 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
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!
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0
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111111211111212131414141515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9846746507856155865936155214955045046049471570224438475850630478348393929096829492
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
20
NW
25
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
1.13
12:43PM
1.22
1:23AM
1.28
1:39PM
1.34
2:07AM
1.43
2:22PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
0.48
7:10PM
0.33
7:36AM
0.33
7:56PM
0.21
8:21AM
0.20
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise---6:31-------6:31-------6:33----
Sunset------7:25-------7:23-------7:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1221--11--
Temp. °C191817171819191818181819191919191818171717161717
Feels °C (?)171616161616151516171717161513151413111211101111
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