The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 08 Mar 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
19.2° 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 1PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (08 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (08 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.1
SE
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)12121212121212121212121212111111711111111111515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)255522501968180616591005918782722680595585467443435379404329329288242205209209
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
ESE
10
ESE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:01PM
1.23
6:11AM
1.27
6:32PM
1.12
6:43AM
1.14
7:12PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57AM
0.30
11:58PM
0.38
12:25PM
0.41
12:26AM
0.50
1:00PM
0.53
1:02AM
0.62
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset----7:14-------7:13-------7:12---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151519232322201919202428252524232223283129293130
Feels °C (?)101217201918161617182225212220202022272927282929
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