Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at The Hoek today (22 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for The Hoek at 12AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (22 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 12s |
| Evening (22 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at The Hoek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 25°C on Mon night, min 14°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 21 | Tuesday 22 | Wednesday 23 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 380 | 360 | 314 | 314 | 308 | 342 | 374 | 335 | 367 | 435 | 391 | 371 | 332 | 287 | 287 | 216 | 187 | 256 | 340 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross | on | on | on | glassy | cross-on | on | on | on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 00:34AM1.10m | 1:03PM1.21m | 1:11AM1.22m | 1:32PM1.34m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:42PM0.56m | 6:52AM0.44m | 7:17PM0.43m | 7:23AM0.33m | 7:46PM0.30m | ||||||||||||||
 |  | |  | | | |  | | | |  |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 |
| kJ | 380 | 360 | 314 | 314 | 308 | 342 | 374 | 335 | 367 | 435 | 391 | 371 | 332 | 287 | 287 | 216 | 187 | 112 | 104 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SSE 6 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | W 11 | S 15 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | W 9 | NNW 5 | — | SW 14 |
| kJ | 87 | 106 | 49 | 203 | 149 | 135 | 117 | 108 | 83 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | — | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SW 14 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | S 15 | S 14 | — | S 13 | SSE 12 | SW 15 | S 12 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 167 | 34 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 4 | — | 13 | 15 | 9 | 11 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | — | — | — | NW 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 4 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 |
| kJ | 51 | 56 | 106 | 82 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 256 | 340 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Hoek surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest