Gansbaai surf break

Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 01 Jul 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
15.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Gansbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Gansbaai at 2AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jul)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (01 Jul)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (01 Jul)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
4
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SSW
4
SW
4
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
S
3
S
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)1212141412121211111112141313121212121212141414141313131313781012121212151414141313131312131212121212131312121212141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)12139311748182316971973208318741728183824703420297627292186227124392445251332042487259230822874222621631873162315801625200023053944344930873385552254045183539838065674561156025379546045265877375737563674400440273742398333273310366235173247
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
0
ESE
5
SSW
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
NE
10
WNW
20
WSW
30
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
35
W
30
WNW
35
NW
45
NW
45
NW
50
NW
45
NNW
30
NNW
35
WNW
15
SW
15
WNW
25
W
30
W
30
W
25
NW
35
NW
40
NW
30
WNW
25
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
1.17
7:48PM
1.32
8:08AM
1.09
8:37PM
1.25
9:10AM
1.04
9:35PM
1.20
10:23AM
1.02
10:40PM
1.17
11:36AM
1.04
11:44PM
1.18
12:37PM
1.10
12:41AM
1.23
1:26PM
1.18
1:29AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
0.43
1:20PM
0.42
2:14AM
0.50
2:05PM
0.51
3:12AM
0.54
3:01PM
0.59
4:18AM
0.56
4:12PM
0.63
5:27AM
0.54
5:29PM
0.63
6:27AM
0.49
6:34PM
0.58
7:16AM
0.42
7:26PM
0.52
7:58AM
0.35
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Sunrise---7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:48-------7:48-------7:48
Sunset------5:42-------5:43-------5:43-------5:44-------5:44-------5:44-------5:45-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414141517171716151414131414141413131315141414141414131414141313131213131413131213111112121111111111121212121211121111
Feels °C (?)1211101112141313121210121314121212111211129887786554477910776755454422346886676655
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