Lookout Beach surf break

Lookout Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 21 Mar 2026 SAST
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Lookout Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lookout Beach sea temperature is
21.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lookout Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Lookout Beach at 2AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (22 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212111111111111111112121414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12079888508507567436376155535035035636397661010142722002392216018671672146914691224
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
NNE
10
ESE
20
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
15
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffglassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
1.73
5:26AM
1.85
5:45PM
1.62
6:03AM
1.70
6:24PM
1.48
6:44AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:11PM
0.03
11:41AM
0.07
11:47PM
0.15
12:18PM
0.21
12:26AM
0.31
1:02PM
0.39
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-----6:30-------6:31-------6:31--
Sunset6:37-------6:35-------6:34-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C201717171718212120201919182021222120191918202425
Feels °C (?)191618171818212120211920192221201716151716202424
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