Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 24 Feb 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
22.4° C
(Which is 1.4°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: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (24 Feb)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
4
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)121111121413131313121212121278811111112121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2562172702074804344214513823532512051771401881452161665686761055164514081245
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
S
15
SSE
5
SSW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
10
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
0
SSE
5
W
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:07AM
1.67
8:42PM
1.41
9:35AM
1.50
10:50PM
1.33
11:47AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:21AM
0.64
2:20PM
0.78
2:31AM
0.83
4:35PM
0.89
5:24AM
0.91
6:46PM
0.78
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise---6:13-------6:13-------6:15----
Sunset------7:14-------7:13-------7:12-
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------122-
Temp. °C212120212324232121212122242423222120202120191919
Feels °C (?)222220212223232322212222242323242220202119171718
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