Gansbaai surf break

Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 24 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
16.1° C
(Which is 3.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gansbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Gansbaai at 7AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 24). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (24 Mar)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (24 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)14141413131313121212121212111111111111810101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1917177415381283124511171044885830692605605518451379346291247606264546546535573
Wind
(km/h)
45
E
40
E
40
E
30
E
20
E
20
SE
15
E
15
NE
5
NNE
20
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
1.40
7:07PM
1.21
7:34AM
1.22
8:32PM
1.09
9:20AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
0.33
12:54PM
0.35
1:11AM
0.48
2:05PM
0.51
2:50AM
0.61
4:07PM
0.57
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise---6:48-------6:48-------6:50----
Sunset------6:49-------6:46-------6:45-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------11----------------
Temp. °C191918182427252423211918222220191818171819201919
Feels °C (?)121313142225252525201413171717161617161818201920
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