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 Monday 17 Nov 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 14.8° C
(Which is 2.9°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 12AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	7s
Evening (18 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	7s

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

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	Monday 17			Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	7	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	17	16	15	15	16	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	411	373	353	330	230	260	361	657	606	598	526	503	437	424	480	473	555	1026	1415	1314	2140	2586	2390	2309
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					2:01AM 1.32				2:03PM 1.43				2:31AM 1.36				2:33PM 1.44				3:01AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		7:56PM 0.20					8:01AM 0.31				8:24PM 0.17				8:31AM 0.29				8:53PM 0.15				9:02AM 0.27

	Monday 17			Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-
Sunset	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	20	19	19	17	17	16	16	17	19	20
Feels °C (?)	16	15	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	13	14

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