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Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 10 Jan 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
22.3° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 11PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.0m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (10 Jan)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
3
4
3
2
0
0
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
4
3
3
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131212121111212018181616151414131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52997590581262653650944344390715221778206518531571129213701222946841749597587578
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
5
ESE
0
SSE
5
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
20
SSW
15
S
20
S
5
SE
5
SSW
5
SW
0
ESE
5
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		glassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:35PM
1.41
9:23AM
1.56
9:47PM
1.32
10:40AM
1.50
11:31PM
1.30
12:05PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
0.85
2:28AM
0.79
3:50PM
0.92
3:39AM
0.89
5:27PM
0.93
5:18AM
0.93
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----5:31-------5:31-------5:33--
Sunset7:45-------7:45-------7:45-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222020202022252524222222212326252422212020212324
Feels °C (?)181820222324252525252626232526262324232223232323
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