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Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 21 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 4PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
5
4
3
4
5
5
5
5
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121213131315151514141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)81669464764764760573471580968910441735202039834346453143084585469742003708345132562938
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NW
5
NW
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
1.73
5:42AM
1.82
5:49PM
1.68
6:14AM
1.79
6:24PM
1.60
6:50AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:17AM
0.19
11:26PM
0.07
11:50AM
0.20
11:56PM
0.11
12:25PM
0.25
12:29AM
0.19
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-------5:39-------5:39-------5:41
Sunset--7:40-------7:39-------7:39-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------11-----------
Temp. °C232323212019192122222120191919192020191818171719
Feels °C (?)222122212221212220201818161818181817171818171720
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