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Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 28 Jan 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
22.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Brak River today?

The current surf forecast for Brak River at 2PM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (28 Jan)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (28 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
4
4
3
2
1
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131313121212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17751673169916991830183017261597159715971452125010911056893795782636625625595605491414
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
20
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
5
ENE
5
WNW
10
W
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononglassglassoffcrosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:45AM
1.63
12:43AM
1.48
1:10PM
1.72
1:53AM
1.66
2:10PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
0.84
6:40PM
0.73
6:53AM
0.75
7:47PM
0.59
8:01AM
0.61
8:35PM
0.44
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-5:47-------5:48-------5:48------
Sunset----7:39-------7:38-------7:37---
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192021212120201919202323222121202022262525222222
Feels °C (?)202020201919201919202120191921232223272525242524
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