Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 SAST
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Gerickes Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gerickes Point sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Gerickes Point today?

The current surf forecast for Gerickes Point at 7AM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.1m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Afternoon (24 Mar)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (24 Mar)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
5
4
2
2
3
4
4
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
SW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.5
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)1414141414138999999121281111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2109182216501449128012241399207318351742990729585442418398302297230226515565511471
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
15
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
10
WSW
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNW
15
W
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
W
5
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoncrosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
1.57
7:11PM
1.36
7:40AM
1.35
8:31PM
1.19
9:30AM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
0.33
1:02PM
0.42
1:16AM
0.53
2:07PM
0.61
2:48AM
0.72
4:24PM
0.70
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise---6:33-------6:35-------6:35----
Sunset------6:35-------6:34-------6:31-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818202627272326262622222121202019191922212018
Feels °C (?)181717202526242427272722222221212119202121191817
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