Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 19 Jul 2025 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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 8PM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (19 Jul)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (19 Jul)8ft (2.4m)14s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
1.6
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131317161616151414131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)345730112668238120791747162215171559160818292747366934813586268724612649258327762646217115091194
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
S
10
ESE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WNW
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
1.21
10:55PM
1.43
11:54AM
1.24
12:24AM
1.45
1:14PM
1.34
1:34AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:13PM
0.58
5:38AM
0.52
5:53PM
0.58
7:02AM
0.45
7:18PM
0.50
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise-------7:30-------7:28-------7:28
Sunset--5:39-------5:39-------5:40-----
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Rain (mm)
-------------------1221-
Temp. °C161716161615151420221714141313121416151514141414
Feels °C (?)141414141312121018191511121111101112131512101112
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  1. weather stationWind Update light winds from the ENE at George Airport mean that it is offshore at Gerickes Point. 2.7m 13s groundswell from the SSW

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11 km/h
ENE
14.8
18.0
Air / Water (°C)
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