Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 05 Dec 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
20.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Gerickes Point today?

The current surf forecast for Gerickes Point at 10AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (05 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (05 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SSE
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)10101010991110101099989131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26026622522017116826340043039832825719416011520843195610591148116710591042880
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
5
SW
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
ESE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
5
ENE
0
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
1.90
4:15AM
1.78
4:31PM
1.84
5:00AM
1.75
5:15PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
0.11
10:05PM
0.01
10:21AM
0.13
10:48PM
0.06
11:08AM
0.19
11:31PM
0.14
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
Sunrise-5:09-------5:09-------5:09------
Sunset----7:28-------7:29-------7:30---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------11---------------
Temp. °C172021212019191818181920201817161519212222191817
Feels °C (?)172020191920201818181819181717151419181819181919
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