Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 18 Apr 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.0m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
4
5
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
8
5
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
3
WSW
4
SW
4
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1010111111111110101099121111111111111114141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)197622673226258121501701129191675761444937589222423839381034913709264729045945561154213846
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
W
10
W
10
SW
5
SSE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
30
NW
30
NW
40
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
20
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17PM
1.83
4:31AM
1.99
4:55PM
1.78
5:10AM
1.87
5:36PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
-0.08
10:17PM
0.02
10:48AM
-0.02
10:57PM
0.09
11:27AM
0.09
11:39PM
0.22
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:52-------6:54-------6:54------
Sunset----6:01-------6:00-------6:00---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------11--------
Temp. °C141619201916151515162123222015131414171918161514
Feels °C (?)10121517171413131213171815137788101313141212
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