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Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 19 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
22.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Gerickes Point today?

The current surf forecast for Gerickes Point at 12AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111010101011111313121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1142984806677615572561599555591480399368816803754782802802802722734734759
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
S
0
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
0
WNW
15
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
E
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscrossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
1.73
4:41AM
1.76
4:46PM
1.75
5:11AM
1.81
5:17PM
1.73
5:42AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
0.24
10:29PM
0.08
10:45AM
0.20
10:57PM
0.06
11:17AM
0.19
11:26PM
0.07
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-------5:37-------5:37-------5:39
Sunset--7:40-------7:40-------7:40-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020181817181920222119181717202223232119191820
Feels °C (?)181719171816182019191717171717202021212120211921
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