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Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa
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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
18.6° C
(Which is 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: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (09 May) | 10ft (3.0m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (09 May) | 8ft (2.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (09 May) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Brak River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, near gales from the NW by Mon morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 9 | Sunday 10 | Monday 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SE 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | |
3422 | 3078 | 2715 | 2306 | 1866 | 1638 | 1427 | 1374 | 1127 | 882 | 683 | 515 | 377 | 293 | 187 | 2178 | 2275 | 2332 | 1617 | 1279 | 954 | 23 | 5064 | 4906 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
glassy | glassy | cross | glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | |
High Tide | 8:05AM1.34m | 9:19PM1.41m | 9:47AM1.30m | 10:48PM1.49m | 11:21AM1.37m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:57AM0.89m | 2:29PM0.79m | 3:58AM0.89m | 4:13PM0.79m | 5:29AM0.77m | 5:31PM0.70m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | 7:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | |
Temp °C | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
13 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | WSW 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SE 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
3422 | 3078 | 2715 | 2306 | 1866 | 1638 | 1427 | 1374 | 1127 | 882 | 683 | 515 | 1158 | 293 | 187 | 2178 | 2275 | 2332 | 1617 | 1279 | 954 | 23 | 5064 | 4906 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SE 11 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 13 | SE 12 | S 9 | S 9 | SE 10 | SE 12 | SE 12 |
479 | 472 | 466 | 459 | 407 | 407 | 336 | 308 | 299 | 250 | 295 | 208 | 377 | 1 | 2 | 89 | 69 | 103 | 74 | 96 | 79 | 15 | 37 | 23 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 13 | SE 13 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 12 | SE 12 | — | — | — |
— | — | — | 18 | 17 | 17 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 71 | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 3 | E 4 | E 4 | — | WNW 3 | NW 3 | W 5 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NNW 4 | NW 4 | W 7 | WSW 13 | NW 5 | WSW 13 |
— | — | — | — | — | 12 | 22 | 25 | — | 12 | 2 | 93 | 1657 | 1314 | 1659 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 65 | 643 | 5992 | 41 | 10578 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 7 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 40 | 117 | 852 | 720 | 721 | 117 | 21 | 39 | 707 | 664 | 117 | 687 | 77 |
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