Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.6°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 2PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
2
3
0
5
4
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
3.5
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)13131312121211111110111111111010101091012111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141713741173104899719891933167714452378178120691815157611427247425544996361396169725965440
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
WNW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
40
W
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
W
15
SW
10
SE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
N
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
NW
20
W
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40PM
1.84
3:53AM
2.04
4:17PM
1.83
4:31AM
1.99
4:55PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
-0.07
9:40PM
0.00
10:10AM
-0.08
10:17PM
0.02
10:48AM
-0.02
10:57PM
0.09
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:54------
Sunset----6:02-------6:01-------6:00---
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----22----------------1
Temp. °C161720191814141414151920191717161616222322201914
Feels °C (?)1517191716612111112151617151514131317181715157
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