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Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 SAST
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Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay sea temperature is
17.6° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay at 1AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
2
4
1
0
0
1
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.7
SW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111111111111121111111111131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8727316267159841126108412131375153514281100475676307230186183173249398367367277
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
N
10
ENE
10
SE
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
1.33
7:20AM
1.47
7:45PM
1.22
8:07AM
1.35
8:43PM
1.13
9:05AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55AM
0.39
1:43PM
0.45
1:37AM
0.52
2:37PM
0.54
2:31AM
0.63
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:50-------5:50--
Sunset7:57-------7:57-------7:57-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020191818222423222222222528272626252118192222
Feels °C (?)182020191717212018182022222326232021222017182121
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