Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 23 Mar 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
20.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Brak River today?

The current surf forecast for Brak River at 7PM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (23 Mar)7ft (2.2m)15s
Evening (23 Mar)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
0
0
!
!
!
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
E
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121615141414141414138999999991111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83321152169205318351576141312311059101314682130204616551067909813597391290280230226441
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
25
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
30
E
25
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
15
SSE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
10
SW
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
SW
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
1.74
6:53AM
1.79
7:21PM
1.56
7:51AM
1.57
8:40PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14PM
0.39
12:20AM
0.49
12:57PM
0.58
1:08AM
0.69
2:01PM
0.78
2:41AM
0.89
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:37-------6:37
Sunset--6:38-------6:37-------6:36-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------51-----------
Temp. °C222321191919192024252323232524212223222120201919
Feels °C (?)212116141517182024242125242625222323212221212021
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