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The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 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
18.2° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 8PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 2.5m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (20 Jan)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (20 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
4
3
2
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1077131313121212121212121213131315151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33452775876974672365763562562544844851463571273410141671225828813271338534083361
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
1.45
4:49AM
1.53
4:56PM
1.44
5:21AM
1.54
5:31PM
1.40
5:55AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:24AM
0.21
10:33PM
0.09
10:57AM
0.19
11:04PM
0.10
11:31AM
0.20
11:36PM
0.15
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-------5:56-------5:56-------5:58
Sunset--7:59-------7:58-------7:58-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222221918171822212120201919191920201918181718
Feels °C (?)171614151414141518161514161617171618181615151415
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