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Gansbaai surf break

Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 20 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
16.7° C
 (Which is 1.4°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: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 20s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (20 Nov)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (20 Nov)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
3
2
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
1.8
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)161515161618151515151414131313131312121212121210
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)129213222741309232692185440843503865356532803099265524772349190917201498846772597522522684
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
10
E
15
ESE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
ESE
40
SE
40
SE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
1.43
3:05PM
1.49
3:32AM
1.43
3:37PM
1.47
4:03AM
1.41
4:08PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54PM
0.17
9:03AM
0.29
9:23PM
0.17
9:33AM
0.30
9:53PM
0.20
10:04AM
0.33
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise---5:26-------5:26-------5:24----
Sunset------7:29-------7:30-------7:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515172020201818171719202019191717161923222119
Feels °C (?)141314151716171617161617151414161515141518161516
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