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Paranoia surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 SAST
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Paranoia surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Paranoia sea temperature is
18.1° C
 (Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Paranoia today?

The current surf forecast for Paranoia at 8AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s

Table - waves today at Paranoia. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
4
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212121211111111111111111112141412121112111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48637936733031929836036027827823319820523325984614491587175314742558732441389
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SE
20
SE
10
ESE
5
N
10
NW
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
NW
35
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:23PM
0.98
11:34AM
1.10
12:37AM
1.04
12:40PM
1.15
1:28AM
1.12
1:29PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
0.66
6:25PM
0.52
6:37AM
0.61
7:18PM
0.44
7:30AM
0.53
7:59PM
0.36
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---5:46-------5:46-------5:47----
Sunset-------8:00------7:59-------7:59-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------321-----
Temp. °C191918202121201919191919212123221917171717181817
Feels °C (?)18181721202017161718201820182019141211111112119
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