Hawston Surf Forecast

/ Overberg (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Hawston surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 24 Aug 2025 SAST

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Hawston surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Hawston sea temperature is 15.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hawston today?

The current surf forecast for Hawston at 7PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Aug)	13ft (4.0m)	14s
Afternoon (24 Aug)	11ft (3.5m)	13s
Evening (24 Aug)	10ft (3.0m)	13s

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

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	Sunday 24					Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	4	4	4	!	!	!	4	2	1	3	2	2	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	5095	4336	3775	3257	2923	2483	2201	1928	1801	2819	1747	1605	1732	1414	1278	1174	1016	894	869	773	565	471	360	360
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	W	NW	NW	NNW	W	SW	S	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	SE	SSE	ESE	ENE	E	ENE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:06PM 1.65				4:18AM 1.51				4:35PM 1.63				4:48AM 1.47					5:03PM 1.58				5:16AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	9:55AM 0.07				10:20PM 0.11				10:23AM 0.10				10:48PM 0.14				10:49AM 0.15					11:15PM 0.19

	Sunday 24					Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	14	13	12	12	11	12	14	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	13	16	15	12	11	10	10	10
Feels °C (?)	9	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	11	12	12	11	9	8	6	5	10	12	10	8	8	7	8	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Overberg

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Hawston (calm at Elgin Exp Farm 29 km from Hawston). A 3.3m groundswell from the SW is too big for here
1 hour 25 minutes ago Hawston

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29 km away, 1 h 25 min ago

4 km/h

0.0

15.5

Air / Water (°C)

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