Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 04 Sep 2025 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
17.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Brak River today?

The current surf forecast for Brak River at 9PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)--
Afternoon (04 Sep)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (04 Sep)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
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!
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2
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111101414131313131316151514141313131312121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6015696017099491474156618531944229229234013421736243212273223992163179716311431127412151464
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ENE
0
ESE
5
SE
0
SE
5
SSW
5
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
5
ESE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
0
NNE
0
N
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08AM
1.72
2:31PM
1.84
2:42AM
1.88
3:02PM
2.01
3:15AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:03PM
0.61
8:18AM
0.45
8:37PM
0.43
8:48AM
0.30
9:09PM
0.27
9:19AM
0.19
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-----6:45-------6:43-------6:41--
Sunset6:14-------6:15-------6:15-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161416151515181816161515141417181614141414141718
Feels °C (?)141316151615181515151415131316151413131414141517
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the ESE.(Wind varies from 080 to 140 degs) at George Airport 24 km from Brak River). 1.7m 11s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.

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24 km away, 1 h 38 min ago

7 km/h
ESE
0.0
17.4
Air / Water (°C)
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