Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 27 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
20.9° C
(Which is 1.2°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 9AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (27 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
!
4
4
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1010101099911119999911111111101011101313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)576466356281192162135176158104122159325619184812791034819562517445424317476
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
E
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
S
15
SSW
0
WSW
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
10
W
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
5
SW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:57PM
1.37
11:51AM
1.40
12:42AM
1.53
1:10PM
1.55
1:35AM
1.72
1:56PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
0.87
6:33PM
0.77
7:14AM
0.69
7:28PM
0.61
8:00AM
0.52
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise---6:39-------6:39-------6:41----
Sunset------6:32-------6:31-------6:30-
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181718202424212020201919212220181817171720212018
Feels °C (?)181719202323202220201918192018181817171719191818
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