Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 12 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
20.6° C
(Which is 1.8°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 5AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (12 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121111111111111111141413131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)479456496463472464456400205198194140137137142175189444431511471409409574
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
0
SSW
0
ENE
5
W
10
SW
5
S
10
SSE
0
SE
5
ENE
0
NNW
0
NE
5
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
15
SW
30
SSW
15
SSW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
1.42
12:34PM
1.40
1:01AM
1.60
1:20PM
1.57
1:36AM
1.79
1:56PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
0.82
6:41PM
0.71
7:18AM
0.63
7:21PM
0.55
7:53AM
0.44
7:56PM
0.40
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset------6:12-------6:10-------6:09-
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-111--------------------
Temp. °C181818181921201918181818212220192022232326232019
Feels °C (?)202020191921202119202019212119192023242425201920
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