The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 01 Feb 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at The Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for The Hoek at 3PM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (01 Feb)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (01 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
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2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)161514141413131312121212121211111111101010101013
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4772430134193253274322411862175611311197936835405317246242221217200175156142134282
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
1.53
3:39AM
1.60
3:52PM
1.55
4:16AM
1.64
4:29PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:10AM
0.13
9:27PM
0.02
9:51AM
0.07
10:03PM
0.00
10:29AM
0.06
10:37PM
0.03
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset----7:52-------7:51-------7:50---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202022222120191919191919202020202020222322212121
Feels °C (?)202022201817171718191818181818191919222119191920
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