Brak River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.10° S 22.14° E

Issued: 1 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Brak River sea temperature is

16.5°C

Brak River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Brak River today (28 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Brak River at 7PM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	9s
Afternoon (28 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	9s
Evening (28 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NE by Wed morning).
	Mon 28					Tuesday 29								Wednesday 30
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	2	1	3	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 10	SSE 10	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	474	463	505	440	542	537	601	487	652	341	675	913	657	715	912	970	1027	859	1044	1211	2084
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	E	ENE	E	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	E	E	E	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on
High Tide			4:28PM2.22m				4:47AM2.02m					5:02PM2.16m				5:23AM1.92m				5:40PM2.03m
Low Tide	10:10AM0.18m				10:37PM0.16m				10:41AM0.23m					11:10PM0.25m				11:14AM0.33m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:32	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	14	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	20	23	21	20	24
Feels °C	13	13	11	12	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	12	13	13	14	18	20	19	19	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SW 14	SSE 10	SW 13	SW 13	SSE 8	SW 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 10
kJ	474	463	505	440	542	537	601	487	238	341	212	253	157	199	579	569	597	261	243	232	1578
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSE 10	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 17	SW 12	SW 16	SSW 15	SW 14	SW 14	—	SW 14
kJ	168	103	103	59	120	144	114	112	110	218	335	253	205	94	124	362	275	395	313	—	189
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 8	E 8	SW 13	S 16	—	SSW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 8	WSW 11	—	SSW 17	—	SSW 16	SW 12	SE 10	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	1	1	101	5	—	43	54	100	3	39	—	59	—	201	87	120	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	E 8	ESE 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	SE 10	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10
kJ	—	—	—	1	31	50	83	39	652	193	675	913	657	715	912	970	1027	859	1044	1211	2084
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Milnerton Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gordons Bay Harbour Cape Town	Gordons Bay Harbour Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Distance (km)	305	77	338	60	60	39	60	60	305	305	305	60	60	39	21	21	60	60	60	21	21
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route		Buffalo Bay Wildside		Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth				Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Herolds Bay	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)		3		3	3	3	3	3				4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Strandfontein West Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	6	6	4	5	5	6	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

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