Gansbaai surf break

Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 27 Mar 2026 SAST
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Gansbaai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gansbaai sea temperature is
15.2° C
(Which is 4.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gansbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Gansbaai at 3PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (27 Mar)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
3
3
1
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
WSW
1.7
W
1.9
W
2
W
2
W
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
SW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)999966989101111111111111110101010131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3392551642811772565865528581379243824382107183212211134990798557331290658390325
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
25
WSW
35
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
NNW
5
W
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SE
10
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
ononononononononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
1.12
12:14AM
1.22
12:40PM
1.22
1:07AM
1.37
1:28PM
1.34
1:47AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
0.60
5:54PM
0.50
6:38AM
0.46
6:55PM
0.38
7:28AM
0.32
7:37PM
0.27
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:52------
Sunset----6:45-------6:43-------6:42---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181719212120201918181819191818181717181919181717
Feels °C (?)191617171617171613131314151618181717181717171615
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