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Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 10 Jan 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
21.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gerickes Point today?

The current surf forecast for Gerickes Point at 9AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (10 Jan)6ft (1.8m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
2
1
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101015141413131212121111112018181616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)684562533474288328557113910029588086946255305124558211202156717391728158919031688
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
E
25
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
20
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
0
N
5
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
S
0
SSW
5
WNW
5
W
5
NW
10
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
off		crossglassglassglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:13AM
1.42
8:28PM
1.17
9:08AM
1.30
9:46PM
1.07
10:32AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:41AM
0.49
2:35PM
0.62
2:25AM
0.62
3:41PM
0.70
3:32AM
0.73
5:22PM
0.72
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise---5:28-------5:28-------5:28----
Sunset------7:43-------7:43-------7:43-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191817202425242121202022242524212120202324262523
Feels °C (?)181817202121201922222324252626242422222525272726
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