Brak River Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.10° S 22.14° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 24 May 2026 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 17.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brak River today?

The current surf forecast for Brak River at 3AM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 May)	6ft (1.9m)	14s
Afternoon (25 May)	7ft (2.1m)	15s
Evening (25 May)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 15°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 24			Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wed 27
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 16	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SSW 19	SSW 19
Wave Graph
kJ	290	290	318	1033	1150	1218	1500	1810	1761	1559	1218	991	892	721	555	473	511	511	1120	992	872	834	904	1919
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ENE	NE	ENE	E	NE	ENE	ESE	E	NNE	W	W	W	W	WSW	SSW	S	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	SW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	glassy	glassy	on	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross
High Tide				11:14PM1.61m				11:49AM1.40m				00:15AM1.67m				12:47PM1.47m				1:03AM1.74m				1:31PM1.54m
Low Tide	4:47PM0.72m					6:02AM0.68m				5:54PM0.68m				6:53AM0.61m				6:44PM0.63m				7:32AM0.54m


	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—
	5:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	16	16	17	16	16	19	20	19	19	19	18	16	16	18	19	17	16	16	16	15	15	17	19
Feels °C	16	15	16	17	15	15	19	19	19	18	17	17	14	15	17	18	17	17	16	17	15	15	17	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 19
kJ	290	290	269	1033	1150	1218	1500	1810	1761	1559	1218	991	892	721	555	473	511	511	1120	992	872	834	755	1919
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SW 5	ESE 6	SSW 16	E 7	E 7	E 7	SSW 21	SSW 19	SW 14
kJ	151	151	318	66	65	44	41	39	48	47	34	34	34	24	9	20	13	104	14	8	8	246	904	947
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 4	ESE 5	ESE 6	SSE 9	E 6	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 22	E 7	E 9	ESE 12
kJ	48	47	47	18	18	18	17	17	17	8	8	8	7	2	2	7	8	13	3	3	49	3	6	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	WSW 4	SW 4	SW 5	SW 5	SW 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	21	23	30	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River 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
Rating (10 max)	3	2	3	4	4	1	4	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	4	4	3	4	4	4
Distance (km)	39	21	0	0	39	21	0	60	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Outer Pool	Goukamma River Mouth	Brak River	Brak River	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Santos Reef
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Hout Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5
Header Global	Chameau Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Aileen's Ireland	Arrawarra Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Purakaunui Bay New Zealand	Ahijedero Mexico	Arrawarra Australia	Angourie Point Australia	Albatross South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Bilgola Beach Australia	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	White Rock - The Spit New Zealand	White Rock - The Spit New Zealand	Kreefte Reef South Africa	Hell South Africa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	6	6	7	7	8	7	7

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Brak River surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Brak River Surf Forecast

Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

How big are the waves at Brak River today?

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Best Surf Travel Deals & Discounts For 2026 To Help Make Surf Travel Cheaper

Let Our Surf Alerts Do All Your Forecast Heavy Lifting

Talking To Maddie Meddings on New Film Undercurrents. (And Then Watch It!)

The roadsurfer VanLife Taster Menu

Cyclone Vainau Smashes NZ and Bells Gears Up for 50-year Storm*

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website