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 am Thursday 06 Nov 2025 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 17.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gansbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Gansbaai at 8AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 23s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 06). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Evening (06 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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		Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	18	17	16	16	15	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	746	647	514	505	400	337	325	242	237	198	172	172	172	134	129	108	106	108	177	251	344	542	581	565
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:19AM 1.64				3:31PM 1.77				4:01AM 1.61				4:15PM 1.68				4:46AM 1.54					5:01PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	9:10PM -0.10				9:21AM 0.05				9:52PM -0.06				10:05AM 0.09				10:35PM 0.03				10:52AM 0.18

		Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	18	20	20	20	17	18	16	16	18	22	25	22	18	17	16	16	18	23	23	22	20
Feels °C (?)	13	12	11	11	13	13	13	10	11	9	9	11	15	18	15	13	12	12	12	14	18	17	17	17

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