Gansbaai surf break

Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 12 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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gansbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Gansbaai at 5AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (12 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.8
SW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111111111111114131313131212121614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)841813800736593563437338298258254216216216686778905946100399692399623302313
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
SE
5
SSE
5
NE
5
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
5
S
5
E
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
N
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
25
W
35
W
30
W
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crossglassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:43PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise---7:03-------7:03-------7:03----
Sunset------6:22-------6:22-------6:20-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818181919191818171717202122201919181819202020
Feels °C (?)181920192019191919171717202022212019181716151516
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