Groenvlei surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 06 Oct 2025 SAST
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Groenvlei surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Groenvlei sea temperature is
18.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Groenvlei today?

The current surf forecast for Groenvlei at 11PM is: 4.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 4.0m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)--
Afternoon (06 Oct)15ft (4.5m)13s
Evening (06 Oct)16ft (5.0m)13s

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

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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
3
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121212121212121111111112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)793083546788466837163041351732043360301032603089283124422180178815191395130414501475147515271570
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
20
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
NNW
5
SW
5
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrossoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:02PM
2.04
3:22AM
1.88
3:37PM
2.10
3:58AM
1.89
4:13PM
2.08
4:34AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18PM
-0.09
9:23AM
-0.06
9:53PM
-0.13
9:59AM
-0.06
10:29PM
-0.10
10:36AM
-0.00
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----5:58-------5:56-------5:56--
Sunset6:35-------6:35-------6:36-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615141315171717161514141617171615151414172021
Feels °C (?)111313121214141414151312131514151514151413161718
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Groenvlei (light winds from the NNW at George Airport 37 km from Groenvlei). 4.9m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 2.0m 13s groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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6 km/h
NNW
0.0
18.6
Air / Water (°C)
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