Brak River surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 03 Apr 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.1°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 12PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)13131313121211121211111111111171011121517171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7697577467005314802053553141831501421981651101124801193200442098191953683597344
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
5
WSW
0
NNW
0
SW
5
WSW
5
W
10
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
2.10
4:28PM
1.94
4:40AM
2.05
4:54PM
1.88
5:05AM
1.96
5:20PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17AM
0.23
10:19PM
0.25
10:41AM
0.27
10:44PM
0.32
11:06AM
0.34
11:10PM
0.41
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise-6:43-------6:45-------6:46------
Sunset----6:23-------6:22-------6:21---
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-113121-----------------
Temp. °C232120201918191918192121201919181717181918181817
Feels °C (?)232422211919212120212120201919181717171816161613
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