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Haardebaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 23 Jan 2026 SAST
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Haardebaai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Haardebaai sea temperature is
17.7° C
 (Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Haardebaai today?

The current surf forecast for Haardebaai at 2AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (24 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (24 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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)
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131312121212121211111111111111111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)439741143642339529342679224221732071187517221580144713981351135113271346125710871087125613481524
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
0
S
5
E
5
SE
10
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglassglassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		oncrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
1.35
6:32AM
1.49
6:52PM
1.26
7:17AM
1.42
7:46PM
1.16
8:14AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:10AM
0.21
12:51PM
0.28
12:51AM
0.30
1:41PM
0.35
1:42AM
0.41
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise-----5:56-------5:56-------5:58--
Sunset7:55-------7:55-------7:54-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191817171717191920202019191921212120201918192021
Feels °C (?)161616171616181719222120191819191918171717192020
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