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BEACH WEATHER MONTHLY AVERAGES

Jan Best	Feb Best	Mar Best	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec Best
27° Tan	27° Tan	26° Tan	23° Tan	20°	18°	18°	18°	19°	22° Tan	23° Tan	26° Tan
Sea 20° Swim	Sea 20° Swim	Sea 19° Swim	Sea 17°	Sea 17°	Sea 15°	Sea 15°	Sea 15°	Sea 15°	Sea 16°	Sea 17°	Sea 20° Swim

Beach Weather Today in Hout Bay

Today the maximum temperature will be 20° which is warm and pleasant for sunbathing. Today the water temperature will be 18° which is cool for swimming, shorty wetsuit may help you extend your time in the water.

Today will be dry with no rain showers. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 15%.

The winds will be on shore and very strong at 45kmh from the South East. The strong winds will keep the temperatures feeling cooler. The strong onshore winds may make conditions rougher for swimming.

Hout Bay faces South and sunset will be visible over the beach shoreline to the West at 07:58 PM. The skies should be very clear at that time, ideal for a sunset.

For Beach Weather for the next next 7 days, wind and wave conditions and tide and the next 14 days weather use the tabs below.

Beach Weather This Weekend in Hout Bay

Today - Sunday the maximum daily temperatures will be 20° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible. Today the water temperature will be 18° which is cool for swimming, shorty wetsuit may help you extend your time in the water.

Today, Sunday will be dry with no rain showers. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 15%.

HOUT BAY - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

05:32 AM 07:58 PM

12:20 AM

12:18 PM

Sun 22nd December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

19°	18°	18°	20°	21°	20°	19°	19°
0%	13%	51%	14%	11%	24%	8%	5%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°

05:33 AM 07:59 PM

12:44 AM

01:14 PM

Mon 23rd December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

18°	18°	18°	19°	20°	20°	19°	18°
33%	78%	81%	37%	13%	12%	9%	10%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°

05:33 AM 07:59 PM

01:07 AM

02:09 PM

Tue 24th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

18°	18°	17°	20°	22°	21°	21°	21°
6%	4%	13%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°

05:34 AM 08:00 PM

01:31 AM

03:06 PM

Wed 25th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

19°	19°	19°	21°	23°	22°	21°	21°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°

05:34 AM 08:00 PM

01:57 AM

04:05 PM

Thu 26th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

20°	20°	21°	22°	23°	23°	22°	22°
5%	3%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	20°	20°	20°

05:35 AM 08:00 PM

02:28 AM

05:06 PM

Fri 27th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

22°	21°	20°	21°	22°	22°	22°	21°
0%	0%	27%	63%	28%	45%	83%	88%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.1mm	0.1mm
20°	20°	20°	20°	20°	20°	20°	20°

05:36 AM 08:01 PM

03:04 AM

06:07 PM

Sat 28th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

20°	20°	20°	20°	21°	21°	21°	20°
77%	72%	82%	75%	54%	32%	27%	18%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
20°	20°	20°	20°	20°	20°	20°	20°

05:32 AM 07:58 PM

12:20 AM

12:18 PM

Sun 22nd December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
43 kmh	45 kmh	41 kmh	33 kmh	34 kmh	35 kmh	35 kmh	32 kmh

1.5m	1.7m	1.4m	1.1m	1.2m	1.2m	1.1m	1.0m

10.8s	13.7s	14.6s	15.1s	14.9s	14.5s	14.3s	14.1s

05:33 AM 07:59 PM

12:44 AM

01:14 PM

Mon 23rd December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
29 kmh	28 kmh	25 kmh	27 kmh	30 kmh	36 kmh	39 kmh	45 kmh

0.8m	0.9m	0.8m	0.8m	1.1m	1.2m	1.5m	1.6m

13.8s	13.6s	13.4s	13.2s	12.8s	12.6s	12.4s	12.2s

05:33 AM 07:59 PM

01:07 AM

02:09 PM

Tue 24th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
46 kmh	44 kmh	44 kmh	39 kmh	42 kmh	50 kmh	58 kmh	50 kmh

1.6m	1.6m	1.5m	1.1m	1.4m	2.1m	2.3m	1.8m

11.8s	11.7s	11.7s	11.5s	11.3s	11.1s	11.0s	10.9s

05:34 AM 08:00 PM

01:31 AM

03:06 PM

Wed 25th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
41 kmh	36 kmh	36 kmh	27 kmh	35 kmh	42 kmh	46 kmh	51 kmh

1.6m	1.5m	1.8m	1.5m	2.0m	2.2m	2.4m	1.9m

10.8s	10.6s	10.5s	10.4s	11.9s	11.9s	12.0s	11.9s

05:34 AM 08:00 PM

01:57 AM

04:05 PM

Thu 26th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
45 kmh	40 kmh	37 kmh	37 kmh	40 kmh	41 kmh	44 kmh	41 kmh

1.7m	1.8m	1.6m	1.3m	1.3m	1.4m	1.6m	1.5m

11.7s	11.7s	11.5s	13.6s	15.3s	15.8s	13.9s	9.1s

05:35 AM 08:00 PM

02:28 AM

05:06 PM

Fri 27th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
23 kmh	10 kmh	13 kmh	19 kmh	20 kmh	21 kmh	19 kmh	24 kmh

1.3m	1.2m	0.8m	0.4m	0.6m	1.1m	0.8m	0.9m

8.5s	14.4s	14.3s	14.2s	14.0s	13.6s	13.2s	13.0s

05:36 AM 08:01 PM

03:04 AM

06:07 PM

Sat 28th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
24 kmh	22 kmh	19 kmh	17 kmh	15 kmh	20 kmh	23 kmh	25 kmh

1.1m	1.2m	1.2m	1.2m	1.3m	1.4m	1.4m	1.5m

12.8s	12.4s	12.1s	11.9s	11.8s	11.8s	11.7s	11.6s

05:32 AM 07:58 PM

12:20 AM

12:18 PM

Sun 22nd December

1:34 AM	8:09 AM	2:49 PM	8:34 PM

0.69	1.46	0.75	1.24

05:33 AM 07:59 PM

12:44 AM

01:14 PM

Mon 23rd December

2:30 AM	9:07 AM	3:59 PM	9:48 PM

0.76	1.42	0.75	1.22

05:33 AM 07:59 PM

01:07 AM

02:09 PM

Tue 24th December

3:42 AM	10:11 AM	5:05 PM	11:03 PM

0.80	1.41	0.72	1.24

05:34 AM 08:00 PM

01:31 AM

03:06 PM

Wed 25th December

4:56 AM	11:14 AM	6:00 PM

0.80	1.42	0.66

05:34 AM 08:00 PM

01:57 AM

04:05 PM

Thu 26th December

12:05 AM	5:59 AM	12:09 PM	6:46 PM

1.30	0.76	1.47	0.59

05:35 AM 08:00 PM

02:28 AM

05:06 PM

Fri 27th December

12:55 AM	6:51 AM	12:57 PM	7:27 PM

1.38	0.69	1.52	0.52

05:36 AM 08:01 PM

03:04 AM

06:07 PM

Sat 28th December

1:37 AM	7:36 AM	1:40 PM	8:05 PM

1.47	0.62	1.58	0.44

Sun 22nd December

21°
0.0mm
30kmh SSE
15%

Mon 23rd December

20°
0.0mm
29kmh SSE
34%

Tue 24th December

22°
0.0mm
32kmh SSE
2%

Wed 25th December

23°
0.0mm
27kmh SSE
0%

Thu 26th December

23°
0.0mm
28kmh SE
1%

Fri 27th December

22°
0.2mm
21kmh NNW
41%

Sat 28th December

21°
0.0mm
14kmh S
54%

Sun 29th December

22°
0.0mm
26kmh SSE
3%

Mon 30th December

21°
0.4mm
31kmh NNW
56%

Tue 31st December

19°
0.5mm
21kmh SSW
60%

Wed 1st January

20°
0.0mm
27kmh SSE
38%

Thu 2nd January

20°
0.0mm
15kmh SW
44%

Fri 3rd January

21°
0.2mm
12kmh WSW
56%

Sat 4th January

22°
0.3mm
14kmh WNW
38%

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Next 14 day Beach Weather in Hout Bay

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 21° which is warm and pleasant for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 19° which is cool for swimming, shorty wetsuit may help you extend your time in the water. There will be 5 days of very light rain with an average of 0.3mm rain on those days. Average cloud cover will be 32%.

If you are sailing, windsurfing, fishing, surfing etc. in Hout Bay don't forget to check the tide and wind and wave conditions

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Taking a Holiday at Hout Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

A holiday at the beach in Hout Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa is a perfect getaway for those looking to relax and unwind while enjoying the beautiful natural surroundings. Nestled between towering mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, Hout Bay offers a stunning beach experience with a variety of activities suitable for all ages.

Beach Type

Hout Bay Beach is known for its soft yellow sand that stretches along the shoreline, creating an inviting atmosphere for beachgoers. While not as powdery as white sand beaches found in other parts of the world, it provides a comfortable surface for sunbathing and beach activities. The water is relatively calm due to the bay's protected location. There are also rocky areas along the coast that provide excellent opportunities for snorkeling and diving, as these environments attract diverse marine life.

Beach Activities

There are numerous beach activities to enjoy at Hout Bay Beach:

Swimming - The calm waters of Hout Bay make it ideal for swimming and splashing around in the ocean.
Sunbathing - With plenty of space on the sandy shore, visitors can easily find a spot to lay out their towels and soak up the sun.
Surfing - While not as famous as nearby surf spots like Muizenberg or Noordhoek, Hout Bay does offer some surfing opportunities for those looking to catch a wave.
Snorkeling and Diving - As mentioned earlier, the rocky areas along Hout Bay's coastline provide excellent habitats for marine life, making it an interesting destination for snorkelers and divers.
Boat Trips - Several operators in Hout Bay offer boat trips out onto the water where visitors can enjoy views of the surrounding mountains and even spot seals lounging on nearby rocks.

Accommodations

There are several hotels and guesthouses located near Hout Bay Beach, including the Hout Bay Manor, Tintswalo Atlantic, and Chapman's Peak Beach Hotel. These properties offer a range of amenities and cater to various budgets.

Areas to Stay In

When looking for accommodation in Hout Bay, consider the following areas:

Hout Bay Village - This central location offers easy access to the beach and numerous restaurants, shops, and other amenities.
Chapman's Peak - For stunning ocean views and a more secluded atmosphere, consider staying near Chapman's Peak Drive.
Scott Estate - This residential area is situated on the slopes of the mountains surrounding Hout Bay, providing excellent views of both the ocean and valley below.