Brak River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.10° S 22.14° E

Issued: 7 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Brak River sea temperature is

16.9°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 (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Brak River at 2PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 2.5m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	15s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	9s
Evening (13 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 13							Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	0	!	1	1	!	!	!	!	4	3	3	3	3	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 15	E 9	SSW 14	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	ESE 11	SSW 16	SSW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	1933	1632	1646	1191	1151	1884	2810	1886	1588	1255	1045	961	898	787	721	763	682	694	617	543	422	417	519
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	E	ENE	NE	N	NNW	SSW	SSE	SE	E	NE	N	NW	NW	NW	WNW	SSW	SE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on
High Tide	4:38AM2.01m				4:54PM2.13m					5:07AM1.93m				5:23PM2.03m				5:35AM1.83m				5:51PM1.89m
Low Tide			10:33AM0.20m				10:56PM0.28m				10:59AM0.28m					11:23PM0.37m				11:25AM0.39m


	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	2	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	16	18	19	18	17	18	19	21	20	18	16	16	15	15	16	17	17	21	23	21	17	17
Feels °C	16	13	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	16	16	17	15	13	15	16	16	19	21	20	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 15	ESE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	ESE 11	E 11	SW 10
kJ	1933	1632	1101	1191	921	710	2124	1886	1588	1255	1045	961	898	787	721	763	682	694	617	543	422	351	388
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSW 15	S 11	—	—	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SSW 12	SW 6	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	E 11
kJ	—	—	1337	2	—	—	599	545	458	382	370	297	251	46	195	192	155	145	119	116	123	168	240
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 12	SW 6	SW 6	WSW 5	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 18	SSW 16	SSW 16
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	199	58	20	5	29	52	95	270	417	519
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	—	—	—	—	SW 3	SW 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	1183	1178	1646	1026	1151	1884	2810	—	—	—	—	5	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4
Distance (km)	60	60	60	60	60	39	39	21	7	0	7	7	7	58	39	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	39
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Santos Reef	Herolds Bay	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Herolds Bay	Fish Boma	Herolds Bay	Goukamma River Mouth
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Noncom (Cape Recife) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Vleesbaai Overberg	Fish Boma Garden Route	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	7	6	5	5	7	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	6

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