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Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 15 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
22.7° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 10PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (15 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111010101099999101010910121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2164173390875256855849640436331528123620317217221629053172311871970294734712513
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
N
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
20
W
25
W
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassglassoncrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
1.41
2:37AM
1.38
2:42PM
1.52
3:10AM
1.50
3:15PM
1.61
3:41AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
0.44
8:37AM
0.50
9:02PM
0.32
9:11AM
0.39
9:32PM
0.22
9:43AM
0.31
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-----5:33-------5:33-------5:35--
Sunset7:43-------7:42-------7:42-------
light rain
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cloud
cloud
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clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2--------111------1121--
Temp. °C181818181819212121202019191920212020201918192020
Feels °C (?)181718191919212120202019191920201818171615151515
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