Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 19 Apr 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
20.1° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gerickes Point today?

The current surf forecast for Gerickes Point at 1PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (19 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
5
4
5
5
4
3
3
0
0
0
7
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)10109101211111111111112141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7577126326029071779408639623709351530132764614442933960399234493267289130495809534950375606
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
35
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
25
WSW
20
SW
5
WNW
10
N
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
15
WSW
15
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
glasscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:55PM
1.78
5:10AM
1.87
5:36PM
1.67
5:53AM
1.70
6:22PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:48AM
-0.02
10:57PM
0.09
11:27AM
0.09
11:39PM
0.22
12:10PM
0.25
12:28AM
0.39
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:54------
Sunset----6:00-------6:00-------5:59---
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------11-------------321
Temp. °C151622242220151414151719181615141414192018171616
Feels °C (?)12131718151388891013141412111211151613131212
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