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The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 20 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
13.7° C
 (Which is 4.2°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 10AM is: 2.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 20s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 20). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Afternoon (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (20 Nov)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
2
3
!
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)151616151515151514141413131313121212121277712
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)226825862732214825623268294225622458216618301561151412101173944712646531531585757494480
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
1.44
3:31AM
1.38
3:36PM
1.41
4:03AM
1.36
4:08PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
0.27
9:22PM
0.16
9:33AM
0.28
9:52PM
0.18
10:04AM
0.31
10:23PM
0.22
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-5:31-------5:31-------5:31------
Sunset----7:31-------7:32-------7:34---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161719201918171717181919191818171718222120191818
Feels °C (?)101113141312111212121313121112121315191614121213
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