Gansbaai surf break

Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 10 Apr 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Gansbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Gansbaai at 3PM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (10 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131313131212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17281836158113581308108312801197117912661162103710061036841813800723650563437422338258
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
5
SW
10
S
5
E
5
E
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
E
10
SE
5
ESE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
glasscrossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
0.98
10:19PM
1.01
10:46AM
1.00
11:43PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02AM
0.73
3:18PM
0.66
4:46AM
0.72
5:15PM
0.60
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise-7:01-------7:01-------7:03------
Sunset----6:25-------6:23-------6:22---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242424201919191918182021201919181818191919181717
Feels °C (?)242422181819202118192120191819181818191919181716
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