Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 22 Feb 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
22.5° 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: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 2.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (22 Feb)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (22 Feb)8ft (2.4m)9s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
0
2
4
4
4
3
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ESE
3.5
E
3
ESE
2.4
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
ESE
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)98888888999999912121291414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)167816891081727443443939864851778713559488422322289365231227261612545458451
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
0
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
SSE
15
SE
25
WSW
15
W
5
N
0
WSW
5
ENE
10
NNW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
E
0
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
ononglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
1.80
6:39PM
1.53
7:02AM
1.63
7:22PM
1.36
7:52AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
0.14
12:38PM
0.24
12:40AM
0.28
1:20PM
0.40
1:24AM
0.46
2:20PM
0.58
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise---6:09-------6:09-------6:11----
Sunset------7:14-------7:13-------7:12-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1------1---------
Temp. °C222222252828252323252324222122212020202122232220
Feels °C (?)242523262928242426282626232124242223212121232221
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