Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 15 Oct 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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.7°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 5PM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (15 Oct)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (15 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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

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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
3
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2
1
2
4
4
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
S
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)101098810111313131313141313131312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75461259961984814262917604457755248466844224181377831982717225218871197904802698546947
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
25
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
E
15
ESE
15
E
0
SW
15
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
1.51
12:28AM
1.47
12:54PM
1.68
1:19AM
1.60
1:35PM
1.83
1:54AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
0.80
6:45AM
0.74
7:25PM
0.65
7:25AM
0.62
7:58PM
0.52
7:56AM
0.51
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise-------5:48-------5:48-------5:46
Sunset--6:44-------6:45-------6:45-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181917151414141414151514131212141921191718161516
Feels °C (?)13131098891010121110989111618171715121112
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Brak River (fresh winds from the SSW at George Airport 24 km from Brak River). 2.2m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.6m 10s swell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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30 km/h
SSW
0.0
19.1
Air / Water (°C)
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