Gansbaai Surf Forecast

/ Overberg (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 03 Nov 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 17.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gansbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Gansbaai at 8PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	11s
Evening (03 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	11s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	3	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	715	1100	825	911	1019	1019	1193	1236	1424	1524	1403	1380	1236	1193	1027	743	617	416	371	368	828	647	578	505
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSW	SSW	S	SE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:25PM 1.67				1:56AM 1.55					2:06PM 1.76				2:37AM 1.62				2:48PM 1.79				3:19AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				7:49PM 0.02				7:56AM 0.11					8:29PM -0.07				8:38AM 0.06				9:10PM -0.10

	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	17	18	19	17	17	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	18	18	17	18
Feels °C (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	17	16	16	17	15	15	14	13	14	15	13	13	12	15	15	13	12

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