Heaven surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 SAST
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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
13.7° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Heaven today?

The current surf forecast for Heaven at 2PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)12111111111111111212121212101010101099911118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147112271053925823778543566586594786800699432356377248145168108103896463
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
20
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
1.43
1:48AM
1.41
2:05PM
1.54
2:22AM
1.48
2:36PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
0.32
7:48PM
0.27
7:58AM
0.23
8:22PM
0.18
8:29AM
0.16
8:53PM
0.11
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:43-------6:41-------6:41------
Sunset----6:40-------6:42-------6:42---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121215161513131313141821201918161515151516151414
Feels °C (?)88131197899101618151515141413141315141313
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Heaven (calm at Vredendal 128 km from Heaven). 1.7m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 10s swell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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