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Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa
How big are the waves at Gansbaai today?
The current surf forecast for Gansbaai at 2AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 2.
Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (01 Jul) | 7ft (2.1m) | 14s |
Afternoon (01 Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) | 12s |
Evening (01 Jul) | 10ft (3.0m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Gansbaai. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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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 | 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 | 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 | |
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 1213 | 931 | 1748 | 1823 | 1697 | 1973 | 2083 | 1874 | 1728 | 1838 | 2470 | 3420 | 2976 | 2729 | 2186 | 2271 | 2439 | 2445 | 2513 | 3204 | 2487 | 2592 | 3082 | 2874 | 2226 | 2163 | 1873 | 1623 | 1580 | 1625 | 2000 | 2305 | 3944 | 3449 | 3087 | 3385 | 5522 | 5404 | 5183 | 5398 | 3806 | 5674 | 5611 | 5602 | 5379 | 5460 | 4526 | 5877 | 3757 | 3756 | 3674 | 4004 | 4027 | 3742 | 3983 | 3327 | 3310 | 3662 | 3517 | 3247 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | glass | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:17AM 1.17 | 7:48PM 1.32 | 8:08AM 1.09 | 8:37PM 1.25 | 9:10AM 1.04 | 9:35PM 1.20 | 10:23AM 1.02 | 10:40PM 1.17 | 11:36AM 1.04 | 11:44PM 1.18 | 12:37PM 1.10 | 12:41AM 1.23 | 1:26PM 1.18 | 1:29AM 1.29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:24AM 0.43 | 1:20PM 0.42 | 2:14AM 0.50 | 2:05PM 0.51 | 3:12AM 0.54 | 3:01PM 0.59 | 4:18AM 0.56 | 4:12PM 0.63 | 5:27AM 0.54 | 5:29PM 0.63 | 6:27AM 0.49 | 6:34PM 0.58 | 7:16AM 0.42 | 7:26PM 0.52 | 7:58AM 0.35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 01 | Wednesday 02 | Thursday 03 | Friday 04 | Saturday 05 | Sunday 06 | Monday 07 | Tuesday 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunrise | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 |
Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
Feels °C (?) | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
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