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Gansbaai surf break

Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 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
19.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Gansbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Gansbaai at 2AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)121212111010111111111010101211111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)224190190229212177263194194224216141184349320268263263258292326361408399
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
10
E
20
S
20
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
ESE
15
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04PM
1.52
5:24AM
1.64
5:36PM
1.43
5:55AM
1.55
6:08PM
1.33
6:26AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:10PM
0.09
11:39AM
0.17
11:40PM
0.18
12:11PM
0.26
12:08AM
0.29
12:43PM
0.37
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset7:46-------7:45-------7:45-------
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clear
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thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2--1---1----------------
Temp. °C232322222122222221212221202123232221212020212121
Feels °C (?)222222242225222221222322202121201819202020232119
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