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Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 14 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
22.6° 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 11AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (14 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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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111413121211121211111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42942937737137737145713872174314025902166190016311324752627515445335322315245235
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
0
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
WSW
10
NNW
10
W
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
S
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
E
10
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscrossoncrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
1.31
1:59AM
1.26
2:04PM
1.41
2:37AM
1.38
2:42PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:00AM
0.71
7:50PM
0.55
7:57AM
0.61
8:29PM
0.44
8:37AM
0.50
9:02PM
0.32
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise-5:31-------5:31-------5:33------
Sunset----7:43-------7:43-------7:42---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------3522111---------
Temp. °C192123242321212119181817181818181820222323222020
Feels °C (?)202222242322212118161617161716171821212121222020
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