Brak River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.10° S 22.14° E

Issued: 1 pm 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Brak River sea temperature is

16.9°C

Brak River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Brak River today (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Brak River at 4PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	15s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	9s
Evening (13 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the SSE by Wed morning).
	Sun 13					Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	!	!	!	!	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 14	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	SSW 16	SW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	1337	1191	1177	1473	2049	1941	1455	1201	1024	880	804	680	622	644	595	535	533	466	345	417	573
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NNW	W	S	SE	ESE	NE	NE	N	NNW	NW	NNW	W	SSW	SE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	glassy	glassy
High Tide			4:54PM2.13m					5:07AM1.93m				5:23PM2.03m				5:35AM1.83m				5:51PM1.89m
Low Tide	10:33AM0.20m				10:56PM0.28m				10:59AM0.28m					11:23PM0.37m				11:25AM0.39m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	19	18	17	19	19	20	19	18	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	21	23	21	18	18
Feels °C	17	18	17	17	19	19	20	19	16	16	17	16	15	16	15	17	19	21	20	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	SW 10
kJ	1337	1191	921	1473	1529	1561	1455	1201	1024	880	804	680	622	644	595	535	533	466	345	291	279
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 11	—	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 16
kJ	—	2	—	710	680	545	458	382	370	297	251	389	195	220	153	171	140	119	123	208	573
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 12	SW 7	WSW 6	SW 5	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 19	SSW 18	SSW 16	E 11
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	273	36	25	6	29	51	199	270	417	235
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	—	ESE 10	ESE 10	—	—	—	—	SW 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 3	—	—
kJ	1178	1126	1177	—	2049	1941	—	—	—	—	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	60	60	60	60	60	39	39	21	7	0	7	7	7	58	39	3	0	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Santos Reef	Herolds Bay	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Herolds Bay	Fish Boma
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Noncom (Cape Recife) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Vleesbaai Overberg	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Header Global	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	Fish Boma South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Injidup Carpark Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Namotu Lefts Fiji	Restaurants Fiji	Frigates Fiji	Gas Bay Australia	Cintsa West South Africa	Hole-in-the-Wall South Africa	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Supertubes Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Cow Bombie Australia	Aganoa Beach Samoa
Rating (10 max)	9	8	7	6	5	5	7	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5	4

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