Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Apr 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
19.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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 1PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)13ft (4.0m)12s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
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3
1
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121313151516161616161514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25762349231325334519487854304437542873948603893387547758674758274338361530662420170511741041803
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
NNW
25
WNW
30
WSW
35
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
SW
15
S
15
SE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
20
ESE
30
E
25
E
15
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
1.92
6:27PM
1.73
6:46AM
1.71
7:26PM
1.58
7:51AM
1.50
8:49PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
0.39
12:18AM
0.55
12:52PM
0.57
1:21AM
0.74
2:04PM
0.73
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:58-------6:58-------6:58------
Sunset----6:00-------6:00-------5:59---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141520211615151515151717171515141313161918171718
Feels °C (?)10101414911111212121313131212111010131513141516
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