Haardebaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
16.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Haardebaai today?

The current surf forecast for Haardebaai at 4PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.7
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
1.2
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111212121212121111101210999996888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)698701109511071225988997714425384307302154446105755554313027955458
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
SW
15
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
ESE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
E
20
E
10
NNE
25
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
25
W
15
W
5
W
10
SE
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:33PM
1.38
1:49AM
1.36
2:07PM
1.49
2:22AM
1.43
2:37PM
1.57
2:52AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
0.27
7:58AM
0.21
8:23PM
0.18
8:29AM
0.15
8:53PM
0.11
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:39-------6:37-------6:35
Sunset--6:37-------6:37-------6:38-----
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414141312121216212118181817161717161514141414
Feels °C (?)12111110876612171613141512101212121314131211
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Overberg

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Haardebaai (calm at Elgin Exp Farm 31 km from Haardebaai). 2.1m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 17s long period groundswell from the SW and a 0.5m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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4 km/h
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0.0
16.1
Air / Water (°C)
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