Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 27 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
21.1° 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 4AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (27 Feb)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (27 Feb)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
4
4
4
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121212111111111111111111111111111112121313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173115241302110693287881475770574565373185310561695172431445316498459187808715284718220
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
E
5
N
5
W
10
NW
10
W
15
SW
20
SSW
10
SW
5
NNW
10
N
10
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossononononcross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
1.26
1:22PM
1.39
1:57AM
1.47
2:13PM
1.55
2:38AM
1.66
2:51PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
0.59
7:48PM
0.43
8:11AM
0.40
8:30PM
0.26
8:52AM
0.24
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise---6:13-------6:15-------6:15----
Sunset------7:07-------7:07-------7:05-
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------132-13
Temp. °C191816172021201817171618202121201919181617181616
Feels °C (?)181816171819181817171517181920201818151213141112
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