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Heaven surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Heaven surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Heaven sea temperature is
13.5° C
(Which is 4.9°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Heaven today?

The current surf forecast for Heaven at 9AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Dec)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (09 Dec)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (09 Dec)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111212121110101110101010109919
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10041004914882743850729568574583593528475391337319266256246327327166163184
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
45
S
35
S
30
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
WNW
25
SW
30
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
NNW
10
WNW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
W
10
WNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:21AM
1.47
6:41PM
1.30
7:16AM
1.39
7:42PM
1.18
8:17AM
1.32
8:52PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:38PM
0.34
12:49AM
0.34
1:40PM
0.43
1:45AM
0.45
2:51PM
0.49
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
Sunrise-5:33-------5:33-------5:33------
Sunset----7:46-------7:47-------7:49---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181922222018161616182024252323211918182020191917
Feels °C (?)171719181313111414172020201921191818171818192016
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