Onrus Surf Forecast

/ Overberg (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Onrus surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 24 Aug 2025 SAST

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

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

How big are the waves at Onrus today?

The current surf forecast for Onrus at 9AM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 24). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore 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 Onrus. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Sunday 24							Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wed 27
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	7025	6245	5095	4336	3775	3257	2923	2483	2201	1928	1801	2782	1634	1604	1871	1484	1409	1224	1016	960	798	796	715	615
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	W	NNW	NNW	NNW	W	W	S	SE	E	E	E	E	E	SE	SE	ESE	E	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:48AM 1.53				4:06PM 1.65				4:18AM 1.51				4:35PM 1.63				4:48AM 1.47					5:03PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			9:56AM 0.08				10:21PM 0.12				10:24AM 0.11				10:50PM 0.15				10:51AM 0.16					11:17PM 0.20

	Sunday 24							Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wed 27
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	15	14	13	12	12	11	12	14	15	14	13	13	12	10	10	14	17	16	12	11	10
Feels °C (?)	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	9	10	12	12	11	10	10	8	6	6	10	14	12	8	8	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Overberg

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Onrus (calm at Elgin Exp Farm 31 km from Onrus). A 4.0m groundswell from the SW is too big for here
1 hour 7 minutes ago Onrus

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31 km away, 1 h 7 min ago

4 km/h

0.0

15.5

Air / Water (°C)

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