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 1 pm Thursday 13 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 16.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for The Hoek at 8PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 2.0m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Afternoon (13 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	12s
Evening (13 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 13					Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	2	2	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSE	SSE	W	SSW	W	W	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	6	11	10	11	11	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	16	14	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2341	1472	1174	773	773	372	281	340	261	143	168	143	110	440	388	348	381	446	600	664	875	2119	2886	2012
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:33AM 1.19					11:16PM 1.07				11:36AM 1.25				12:13AM 1.13				12:22PM 1.31				12:55AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)				5:14PM 0.47				5:17AM 0.49				6:11PM 0.39				6:11AM 0.44				6:52PM 0.32				6:53AM 0.40

	Thursday 13					Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	20	18	17	16	16	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	13	13	13	14	13	14	12	11	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	8

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