Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Haardebaai today (13 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 10s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Haardebaai at 11AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 13). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Oct) | 7ft (2.1m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (13 Oct) | 6ft (1.9m) | 10s |
| Evening (13 Oct) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Haardebaai. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Wed afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 13 | Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 832 | 849 | 788 | 684 | 648 | 576 | 544 | 648 | 778 | 1457 | 1960 | 1706 | 2715 | 3024 | 3478 | 3651 | 4654 | 5433 | 5633 | 6016 | 4756 | 3937 | 2135 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | on | cross-on | cross | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off |
High Tide | 4:26PM1.49m | 4:47AM1.38m | 4:55PM1.38m | 5:18AM1.28m | 5:26PM1.27m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:19AM0.21m | 10:40PM0.18m | 10:48AM0.30m | 11:09PM0.28m | 11:18AM0.40m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  | | | |  | |  | |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 832 | 849 | 788 | 684 | 648 | 576 | 544 | 648 | 778 | 1457 | 1960 | 1706 | 2715 | 3024 | 3478 | 3651 | 4654 | 5433 | 5633 | 5539 | 4756 | 3937 | 2135 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | W 12 | WSW 12 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 | W 12 |
| kJ | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 98 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 276 | 1031 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 3 | WNW 4 | WNW 5 | W 6 | — | N 4 | NW 5 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | — | WSW 14 | NNW 5 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 18 | 87 | 198 | — | 14 | 41 | 40 | 37 | — | 6016 | 28 | 1455 | 1538 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 44 | 38 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 58 | 45 | 366 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Overberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Haardebaai surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest