Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 Sep 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
18.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 4AM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)13ft (4.0m)12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)11ft (3.5m)12s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
4
4
3
3
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
2.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)12121212121212121212121212121212111212121113137
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)489043934249432243544059371732102746244222492020177814881206109815051462134213191114623490458
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
5
NW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
1.29
1:24PM
1.40
1:40AM
1.44
2:03PM
1.57
2:17AM
1.56
2:35PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:12AM
0.52
7:41PM
0.48
7:55AM
0.37
8:19PM
0.33
8:27AM
0.24
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:26-------6:24-------6:22----
Sunset------6:21-------6:21-------6:22-
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C141312131515151313131213151515131212111318201816
Feels °C (?)99910101012111010101111111312101091115161515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Gerickes Point (light winds from the WNW at George Airport 39 km from Gerickes Point). A 4.2m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here

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39 km away, 2 h 26 min ago

15 km/h
WNW
0.0
18.4
Air / Water (°C)
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