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Gansbaai surf break

Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 17 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
18.2° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gansbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Gansbaai at 9PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (17 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (17 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
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Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5174504504503893893753612937217727998941828203819292139213919771699136313421657848
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
E
30
ESE
25
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
15
ENE
5
N
10
WSW
25
WSW
40
W
25
W
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffglassonononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
2:35PM
1.51
2:52AM
1.67
3:08PM
1.59
3:23AM
1.76
3:41PM
1.63
3:55AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
0.17
8:42PM
0.10
9:06AM
0.06
9:12PM
0.04
9:38AM
-0.02
9:44PM
0.01
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:43-------6:45
Sunset--6:58-------6:57-------6:55-----
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)182019191920191818181715151720222120151718161613
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