Garbage Dump surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 SAST
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Garbage Dump surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Garbage Dump sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Garbage Dump today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage Dump at 11AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (17 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
3
4
4
4
2
2
0
0
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
SW
2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212111212121212111111131399910111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)95870068064783595994312241336154815531247954773571711630266154309778129217062354
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
N
30
NNW
40
W
15
S
10
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
NW
5
N
15
N
20
N
30
NNW
40
NNW
40
NW
40
NW
30
WNW
30
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:18PM
1.75
3:28AM
1.88
3:57PM
1.74
4:08AM
1.84
4:38PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09AM
-0.08
9:19PM
0.05
9:46AM
-0.09
9:58PM
0.06
10:26AM
-0.04
10:39PM
0.12
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-7:07-------7:09-------7:09------
Sunset----6:22-------6:22-------6:21---
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
mod rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---46---------------1221
Temp. °C161517141314151515151616161515151414151616171616
Feels °C (?)1311117101312131312121112141513109899121111
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