Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 19 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
20.3° 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 1AM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (20 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
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4
3
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
2.3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
4
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SW
4
SSW
4.5
SW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111414141414131313131313121313141516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)71113992599352733762316214367213752532334133017257624992219294045754433566862915774719386039047
Wind
(km/h)
45
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
WNW
25
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:57PM
1.98
5:13AM
2.09
5:39PM
1.87
5:56AM
1.92
6:27PM
1.73
6:46AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:51PM
0.23
11:21AM
0.23
11:31PM
0.37
12:03PM
0.39
12:18AM
0.55
12:52PM
0.57
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:58-------6:58--
Sunset6:04-------6:01-------6:00-------
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1--------------1111---
Temp. °C211814141314171919161515141520221616161515151618
Feels °C (?)1211887891213131212111015161011121212121314
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