Brak River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

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Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 27 Dec 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 21.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Brak River today?

The current surf forecast for Brak River at 3AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Dec)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (28 Dec)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Evening (28 Dec)	5ft (1.6m)	6s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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	Saturday 27			Sunday 28								Monday 29								Tuesday 30
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	4	3	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	254	187	187	156	150	122	122	189	108	161	144	135	131	94	106	215	545	1007	1009	1407	957	554	486	439
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	W	SW	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 1.51				9:34AM 1.74				10:09PM 1.47				10:51AM 1.76					11:34PM 1.50				12:05PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	2:49PM 0.75				2:50AM 0.70				4:13PM 0.76				4:12AM 0.73					5:36PM 0.70				5:36AM 0.70

	Saturday 27			Sunday 28								Monday 29								Tuesday 30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-
Sunset	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	19	19	18	20	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	21	24	24	23	21	20	20	20	24	26	25
Feels °C (?)	18	17	18	19	19	21	20	20	18	18	19	20	19	22	23	22	20	19	20	22	22	26	26	25

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