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Groenvlei surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 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
22.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Groenvlei today?

The current surf forecast for Groenvlei at 2AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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
3
2
4
4
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121111111012121212111110101010101014
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4539383031112568213114241092981663106417853177339430302644229619181007730696598464328301
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
5
NE
5
NNW
5
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
E
25
SE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22PM
1.55
6:52AM
1.66
6:59PM
1.42
7:31AM
1.54
7:39PM
1.29
8:13AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:30AM
0.23
1:05PM
0.41
1:04AM
0.35
1:47PM
0.52
1:41AM
0.49
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----5:26-------5:26-------5:28--
Sunset7:44-------7:44-------7:44-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C201918171822232222222120192021212120191817202424
Feels °C (?)181817171822212021221918182020191818181817192019
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