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The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 11 Mar 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
17.4° C
 (Which is 2.1°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 5PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (11 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313161312121213131212121212191817161616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1762122462423863803243142563154162051953142933195821069119918111957169316471283
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
W
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41PM
0.90
9:32AM
0.93
11:35PM
0.93
11:50AM
0.99
12:44AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
0.64
2:29AM
0.73
4:57PM
0.66
5:56AM
0.70
6:29PM
0.56
6:56AM
0.57
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:43-------6:43
Sunset--7:09-------7:08-------7:07-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C343428303232302928302824252322222425232120191919
Feels °C (?)333227293031292827282623242222222324212019171715
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