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Beach Weather Today in Hout Bay

Today the maximum temperature will be 16° which is a little too chilly for sunbathing. Today the water temperature will be 15° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea.

Today will have 0.2mm of very light rain. Expect sunshine and sunny skies with an average cloud cover of 44%.

The winds will be cross-off shore and very strong at 42kmh from the North. The strong winds will keep the temperatures feeling cooler.

Hout Bay faces South and sunset will be visible over the beach shoreline to the West at 05:58 PM. Unfortunately there are chances that 75% cloud cover may make the sunset not viewable.

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

This weekend the average maximum daily temperatures will be 16° which is a little too chilly for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 16° which is cool for swimming, shorty wetsuit may help you extend your time in the water.

There will be 2 days of moderate rain with an average of 5.6mm rain on those days. Saturday will have 0.2mm of rain and Sunday will have 11.0mm of rain. Expect sunny spells but some cloudy periods with an average cloud cover of 67%.

HOUT BAY - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

07:28 AM 05:58 PM

No moonrise

01:38 PM

Sat 9th May

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

15°	15°	15°	15°	16°	16°	16°	15°
0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	75%	84%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.1mm	0.1mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:29 AM 05:57 PM

12:21 AM

02:07 PM

Sun 10th May

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

14°	13°	13°	14°	13°	13°	14°	13°
100%	100%	100%	92%	100%	78%	79%	70%
4.9mm	2.7mm	1.0mm	0.8mm	0.7mm	0.3mm	0.4mm	0.2mm
17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°

07:29 AM 05:56 PM

01:23 AM

02:35 PM

Mon 11th May

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

15°	14°	15°	16°	16°	17°	17°	17°
63%	66%	100%	100%	100%	97%	100%	100%
0.0mm	0.4mm	1.1mm	6.0mm	8.4mm	0.8mm	4.4mm	0.3mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:30 AM 05:55 PM

02:25 AM

03:02 PM

Tue 12th May

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

17°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°
100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	98%	64%	76%
1.4mm	0.5mm	0.0mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.5mm	0.2mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:31 AM 05:55 PM

03:30 AM

03:30 PM

Wed 13th May

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

16°	16°	15°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°
63%	54%	72%	95%	93%	46%	35%	55%
0.1mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	17°	17°	17°

07:32 AM 05:54 PM

04:36 AM

04:00 PM

Thu 14th May

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

15°	15°	15°	16°	17°	18°	17°	17°
58%	19%	12%	8%	8%	7%	5%	4%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°

07:32 AM 05:53 PM

05:48 AM

04:35 PM

Fri 15th May

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

16°	16°	16°	16°	17°	17°	16°	16°
0%	0%	0%	29%	84%	79%	85%	80%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.1mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.1mm
17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°

07:28 AM 05:58 PM

No moonrise

01:38 PM

Sat 9th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
11 kmh	2 kmh	10 kmh	17 kmh	25 kmh	32 kmh	37 kmh	42 kmh

0.3m	1.2m	1.1m	0.5m	0.7m	1.0m	1.3m	1.5m

12.8s	14.1s	13.6s	13.1s	13.0s	12.8s	12.6s	12.5s

07:29 AM 05:57 PM

12:21 AM

02:07 PM

Sun 10th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
43 kmh	26 kmh	27 kmh	34 kmh	51 kmh	59 kmh	57 kmh	49 kmh

1.7m	1.2m	1.2m	2.1m	2.6m	2.4m	2.4m	2.0m

12.4s	12.9s	12.7s	11.8s	11.7s	11.3s	11.2s	11.2s

07:29 AM 05:56 PM

01:23 AM

02:35 PM

Mon 11th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
44 kmh	57 kmh	81 kmh	73 kmh	50 kmh	42 kmh	50 kmh	46 kmh

1.4m	2.4m	3.5m	2.9m	1.3m	1.3m	1.5m	1.1m

12.1s	12.0s	11.8s	11.3s	12.3s	12.5s	12.4s	12.3s

07:30 AM 05:55 PM

02:25 AM

03:02 PM

Tue 12th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
51 kmh	35 kmh	31 kmh	26 kmh	23 kmh	28 kmh	31 kmh	28 kmh

1.5m	2.0m	2.1m	1.7m	1.6m	1.1m	0.9m	0.8m

12.3s	11.8s	11.5s	11.4s	11.4s	11.7s	11.5s	11.3s

07:31 AM 05:55 PM

03:30 AM

03:30 PM

Wed 13th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
32 kmh	32 kmh	27 kmh	21 kmh	17 kmh	16 kmh	14 kmh	13 kmh

0.9m	1.0m	0.9m	0.7m	0.5m	0.3m	0.2m	0.2m

11.3s	11.2s	11.2s	11.3s	11.5s	11.7s	11.8s	11.7s

07:32 AM 05:54 PM

04:36 AM

04:00 PM

Thu 14th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
15 kmh	14 kmh	9 kmh	4 kmh	3 kmh	6 kmh	6 kmh	5 kmh

0.1m	0.1m	0.1m	0.2m	0.3m	0.3m	0.5m	0.5m

11.6s	11.4s	11.2s	11.0s	10.9s	10.8s	10.7s	10.6s

07:32 AM 05:53 PM

05:48 AM

04:35 PM

Fri 15th May

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
6 kmh	7 kmh	11 kmh	15 kmh	18 kmh	20 kmh	19 kmh	16 kmh

0.8m	0.4m	0.3m	0.5m	0.4m	0.6m	0.8m	1.1m

11.3s	12.7s	13.1s	13.3s	12.9s	12.7s	12.4s	12.0s

07:28 AM 05:58 PM

No moonrise

01:38 PM

Sat 9th May

1:55 AM	8:04 AM	2:18 PM	9:09 PM

0.82	1.25	0.76	1.34

07:29 AM 05:57 PM

12:21 AM

02:07 PM

Sun 10th May

3:42 AM	9:40 AM	3:50 PM	10:25 PM

0.81	1.25	0.75	1.41

07:29 AM 05:56 PM

01:23 AM

02:35 PM

Mon 11th May

4:59 AM	11:01 AM	5:02 PM	11:24 PM

0.71	1.32	0.69	1.52

07:30 AM 05:55 PM

02:25 AM

03:02 PM

Tue 12th May

5:54 AM	11:59 AM	5:57 PM

0.57	1.43	0.59

07:31 AM 05:55 PM

03:30 AM

03:30 PM

Wed 13th May

12:12 AM	6:39 AM	12:47 PM	6:45 PM

1.64	0.43	1.55	0.49

07:32 AM 05:54 PM

04:36 AM

04:00 PM

Thu 14th May

12:57 AM	7:21 AM	1:30 PM	7:30 PM

1.76	0.30	1.66	0.39

07:32 AM 05:53 PM

05:48 AM

04:35 PM

Fri 15th May

1:40 AM	8:03 AM	2:13 PM	8:14 PM

1.86	0.20	1.76	0.31

Sat 9th May

16°
0.2mm
23kmh NNW
44%

Sun 10th May

14°
11.0mm
48kmh W
89%

Mon 11th May

17°
21.4mm
52kmh WNW
90%

Tue 12th May

16°
2.7mm
18kmh WNW
92%

Wed 13th May

16°
0.2mm
13kmh WNW
64%

Thu 14th May

18°
0.0mm
3kmh ESE
15%

Fri 15th May

17°
0.3mm
15kmh NW
44%

Sat 16th May

16°
0.4mm
29kmh SSE
48%

Sun 17th May

17°
0.0mm
36kmh SE
20%

Mon 18th May

16°
0.0mm
25kmh SE
4%

Tue 19th May

17°
0.0mm
19kmh SSE
5%

Wed 20th May

18°
0.0mm
8kmh SE
0%

Thu 21st May

17°
0.5mm
20kmh NNW
51%

Fri 22nd May

16°
0.0mm
36kmh SE
35%

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Next 14 day Beach Weather in Hout Bay

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 17° which is a little too chilly for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 16° which is cool for swimming, shorty wetsuit may help you extend your time in the water. There will be 8 days of light rain with an average of 4.6mm rain on those days. Average cloud cover will be 43%.

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.