The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 09 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
19.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for The Hoek at 9AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (09 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (09 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
2
SE
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212121212111111117111111111515141413131316
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)918864722680669585532443379379379410309283242179209209206181176212246242
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
E
5
SSE
5
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
0
S
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglassononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
1.27
6:32PM
1.12
6:43AM
1.14
7:12PM
1.00
7:31AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58PM
0.38
12:25PM
0.41
12:26AM
0.50
1:00PM
0.53
1:02AM
0.62
2:02PM
0.64
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise---6:39-------6:41-------6:41----
Sunset------7:13-------7:12-------7:09-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201920202428262423222122273131293130292931282728
Feels °C (?)161618182224232020191920252929273029292930282829
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