The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 10 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.5°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 3PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (10 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
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
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111151514141313131613121212121312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)379329329283242205209209206181176212246242386335324272295273416205195314
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
ESE
5
SE
15
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
0
NE
10
NNE
10
W
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
1.14
7:12PM
1.00
7:31AM
1.02
8:41PM
0.90
9:32AM
0.93
11:35PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.53
1:02AM
0.62
2:02PM
0.64
2:29AM
0.73
4:57PM
0.66
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise-6:41-------6:41-------6:41------
Sunset----7:12-------7:09-------7:08---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222328323029323030303333293031302825272726232221
Feels °C (?)202127302827312829303231293030302725272625222120
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