The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
18.8° 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 8AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121413131312121212121212111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)553821796101910771284120620271659160713871207976805736666666583638568515467253634
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SW
10
SE
5
NNE
0
WSW
10
E
5
ENE
10
NE
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
1.61
3:38PM
1.49
3:46AM
1.59
4:07PM
1.47
4:14AM
1.54
4:35PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:12PM
0.11
9:36AM
0.04
9:40PM
0.12
10:03AM
0.06
10:08PM
0.16
10:29AM
0.11
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise---6:58-------6:58-------7:00----
Sunset------6:39-------6:38-------6:37-
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------111111-----------
Temp. °C201921212225232323222019192020201918181718181919
Feels °C (?)181921212226242324232020202020211918181616161719
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