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Gerickes Point surf break

Gerickes Point surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 14 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
22.6° 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: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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)
1
1
1
2
2
3
0
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
2
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111111111141312121212121111111111101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37737137737145714802174120624602301202916601365752627515445370322315281149220127
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
W
10
NNW
15
W
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
0
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
5
S
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoncrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
1.31
1:59AM
1.26
2:04PM
1.41
2:37AM
1.38
2:42PM
1.52
3:10AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
0.55
7:57AM
0.61
8:29PM
0.44
8:37AM
0.50
9:02PM
0.32
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-------5:31-------5:33-------5:33
Sunset--7:43-------7:43-------7:42-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------35531-1-----------
Temp. °C242423222221201818171818171718192122232120191921
Feels °C (?)242323232220181616151617151618202121222220192021
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