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 7 am Saturday 15 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 16.0° 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 11AM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	8s
Afternoon (15 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	8s
Evening (15 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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	Saturday 15							Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tue 18
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSE	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	375	377	419	551	816	607	1345	2968	2686	2108	1697	1286	1075	833	678	551	440	339	308	525	640	597	417	349
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				12:22PM 1.31				12:55AM 1.20				12:59PM 1.36				1:29AM 1.27				1:31PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		6:11AM 0.44				6:52PM 0.32				6:53AM 0.40				7:26PM 0.25				7:28AM 0.35				7:56PM 0.20

	Saturday 15							Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tue 18
Sunrise	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	19	18	18	18	16	15	14	15	21	23	21	19	17	16
Feels °C (?)	10	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	18	18	16	13	12	12

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