The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 03 Apr 2026 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
18.4° 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 2PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
WSW
1.8
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121111111111101010101113151616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1475120797680573660360338043943142333432223933370715563105580586759652965289377456
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
E
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46AM
1.59
4:07PM
1.47
4:14AM
1.54
4:35PM
1.42
4:42AM
1.46
5:03PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
0.06
10:08PM
0.16
10:29AM
0.11
10:35PM
0.22
10:56AM
0.19
11:02PM
0.30
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise-6:58-------7:00-------7:01------
Sunset----6:38-------6:37-------6:36---
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C181818192019191918181919191918181717181818181717
Feels °C (?)191920192019191919181918181918151314151514131314
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Hoek surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest