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Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 01 Feb 2026 SAST
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Brak River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Brak River sea temperature is
22.8° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brak River today?

The current surf forecast for Brak River at 11AM is: 2.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)8ft (2.4m)16s
Afternoon (01 Feb)7ft (2.2m)15s
Evening (01 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
2
0
1
2
2
3
4
3
2
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616151414141313131212121212111111111110111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)202727852750209218091809132911271045862702626500429414393435382229224170158156150
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
ENE
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
E
0
ESE
5
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:25AM
2.00
3:39PM
2.03
4:04AM
2.10
4:16PM
2.06
4:40AM
2.15
4:51PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
0.36
9:50PM
0.24
10:11AM
0.30
10:23PM
0.20
10:45AM
0.28
10:53PM
0.20
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-5:52-------5:52-------5:54------
Sunset----7:37-------7:36-------7:35---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222326252422222121222525242424242323262523232222
Feels °C (?)242527242323242424252625242526272525272523242325
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