Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 18 Apr 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.9°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 10PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)7ft (2.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
3
2
2
3
1
0
1
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111111101010109121211111111111114141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19151935158011289747395573983145936991896246123882959213618826564569153235217304528002817
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WSW
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NE
5
N
10
NNW
30
NW
40
NW
40
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:18PM
2.03
4:33AM
2.20
4:57PM
1.98
5:13AM
2.09
5:39PM
1.87
5:56AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:07AM
0.07
10:14PM
0.15
10:44AM
0.12
10:51PM
0.23
11:21AM
0.23
11:31PM
0.37
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58
Sunset--6:05-------6:04-------6:01-----
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------121----------
Temp. °C192121181717161621232217141313131719191614151415
Feels °C (?)1315171715151413141513128777913131210121010
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