The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 14 Oct 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 slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at The Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for The Hoek at 7PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (14 Oct)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (14 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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

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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
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4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
3
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141313131313131212121212911131313141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50647857756055255242441833532481968310587771933487954465774623257814668364129532359
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
10
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
45
SSE
45
SE
35
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43AM
1.08
10:33PM
1.04
11:22AM
1.16
11:57PM
1.12
12:22PM
1.27
12:48AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:21PM
0.57
4:57AM
0.52
5:53PM
0.47
6:07AM
0.44
6:47PM
0.36
6:53AM
0.35
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise-------6:05-------6:03-------6:03
Sunset--6:58-------6:59-------7:00-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615141414151515151414151415141414141413121214
Feels °C (?)13131010101012121110999886655677912
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Hoek (calm at Meadowridge wx 11 km from The Hoek). 1.2m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 1.2m 6s windswell, also from the SW and a 0.3m 14s groundswell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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