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 pm Friday 14 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 16.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for The Hoek at 10PM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Evening (14 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	10s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Friday 14			Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	!	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	151	585	417	457	397	419	458	603	789	664	1140	3143	2534	1982	1697	1286	1003	819	678	551	440	331	296	481
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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)				12:13AM 1.13				12:22PM 1.31				12:55AM 1.20				12:59PM 1.36				1:29AM 1.27				1:31PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		6:11PM 0.39				6:11AM 0.44				6:52PM 0.32				6:53AM 0.40				7:26PM 0.25				7:28AM 0.35

	Friday 14			Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

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