The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.3°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 10PM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
2.3
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101313131212121212121111111111111111101081011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)565676147517231764143913921200102586575275674353446746741553845342027066918932712
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
10
W
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
5
NE
10
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
25
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
1.53
4:19AM
1.65
4:35PM
1.49
4:48AM
1.60
5:04PM
1.42
5:16AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
0.03
10:09PM
0.05
10:35AM
0.05
10:38PM
0.10
11:03AM
0.11
11:05PM
0.17
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:37-------6:37
Sunset--7:19-------7:17-------7:16-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202121201919191820212120202019181920202019181717
Feels °C (?)20212020192019181920211919211816171818181511119
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