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Hout Bay Harbour Wall, South Africa

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Hout Bay, the nearest town. Photo: The original uploader was PZFUN at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Hout Bay Harbour Wall

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces S (189°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (9°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 7–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 450 m out (1 in 43). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 15°C in June, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 18°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Hout Bay, 0.8 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 10 surf spots and 1 dive site.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 26 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT), changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).

    See flights MDW → CPT · Skyscanner from about £765 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Hout Bay Harbour Wall.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Hout Bay Harbour Wall does not suit intermediates. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct3410 ft9 smushy1,498kJ14°C
Mon 19Oct437 ft8 ssoft711kJ15°C
Tue 20Oct456 ft8 smushy458kJ14°C
Wed 21Oct4810 ft9 ssoft1,222kJ16°C
Thu 22Oct588 ft8 smushy715kJ16°C
Fri 23Oct487 ft8 ssoft642kJ18°C
Sat 24Oct165 ft8 smushy216kJ19°C
Sun 25Oct22 ft7 smushy41kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct44 ft8 smushy178kJ18°C
Tue 27Oct32 ft8 smushy75kJ21°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to CPT, changing at ATL, then 45 min by road. About 26h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Hout Bay Harbour Wall

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Hout Bay Harbour Wall

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 10 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Hout Bay Harbour Wall

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Hout Bay

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Dungeons

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to CPT, changing at ATL, then 45 min by road. About 26h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 12 spots near Hout Bay each day: Chapman's Peak mystery lefts., Dungeons, Dungeons (The Slab section), Hout Bay, Hout Bay Harbour Wall, Mac's spot, Sandy Bay, Sandy Bay south, Secrets (Chapmans Peak Shorey), Tafelberg Reef, The Bluff left, The Hoek.

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Rough cost

About £1,125–£2,210 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to CPT, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£765–£1,585
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£50–£85
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£110–£185
Food7 days eating out£115–£210
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£50–£80
Total£1,125–£2,210

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Hout Bay

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