Outer Pool surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 SAST
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Outer Pool surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Outer Pool sea temperature is
17.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Outer Pool today?

The current surf forecast for Outer Pool at 1PM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a South 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)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
2
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
S
2.2
SSW
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.5
S
2.2
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
E
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
E
1.8
SW
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)121212121111111212121212678889991010810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1835164114371098114613401256132312291194104063833989410011429739721729680556479457284
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
25
SSW
15
S
5
SE
5
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
15
ENE
5
NW
10
WNW
15
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
1.79
2:18AM
1.77
2:35PM
1.93
2:50AM
1.86
3:05PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
0.57
8:20PM
0.51
8:27AM
0.45
8:50PM
0.40
8:53AM
0.36
9:16PM
0.32
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:26-------6:26-------6:24------
Sunset----6:23-------6:24-------6:24---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121316161514141313141618171617171718241918161515
Feels °C (?)8910101113131110101113111013151715201414151314
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Outer Pool (light winds from the W.(Wind varies from 210 to 310 degs) at George Airport 27 km from Outer Pool). A 2.6m groundswell from the SSW

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27 km away, 2 h 18 min ago

17 km/h
W
0.0
17.7
Air / Water (°C)
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