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Inner Pool surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 SAST
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Inner Pool surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Inner Pool sea temperature is
22.8° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Inner Pool today?

The current surf forecast for Inner Pool at 4AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 2.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)8ft (2.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
4
4
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
S
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)1091112121212121212121212111111111111101010811
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7779112424304520942035185916611426133812151044939739606533441441433462452600241286
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
S
0
SSW
0
N
5
NNW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
0
SW
5
NW
5
SW
5
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrossglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
1.82
3:41PM
1.90
4:09AM
1.91
4:12PM
1.95
4:38AM
1.98
4:44PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
0.42
9:33AM
0.54
9:52PM
0.34
10:05AM
0.47
10:21PM
0.29
10:37AM
0.42
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---5:37-------5:37-------5:39----
Sunset------7:45-------7:44-------7:44-
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C191817182020191918181818192020191918181921212019
Feels °C (?)141413131515151717181818171718181917181918171514
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