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Gansbaai surf break

Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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
18.9° 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 2PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (20 Jan)5ft (1.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010111313131312121212121212121313131515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)433433478357834905878851718706694614625625706986803943101418712808341038663933
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
30
E
30
ESE
40
SE
40
ESE
35
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
ESE
40
SE
35
SE
25
ESE
20
E
15
E
10
ESE
10
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
1.51
4:49AM
1.59
4:56PM
1.49
5:21AM
1.60
5:31PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
0.22
10:34PM
0.09
10:58AM
0.20
11:04PM
0.11
11:32AM
0.21
11:36PM
0.15
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:52------
Sunset----7:55-------7:55-------7:54---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181822232320191817192322222119181819192020191817
Feels °C (?)141317161614141312151916171817171820161717151716
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