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Robberg surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 SAST
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Robberg surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Robberg sea temperature is
21.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Robberg today?

The current surf forecast for Robberg at 5PM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 09). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.2
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212111011101010151414131312121212111111201817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15441722130299076959548442628825860212301127103084982268359456349751567810741498
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
S
10
W
5
W
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:39PM
1.24
8:14AM
1.36
8:28PM
1.12
9:09AM
1.25
9:44PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:47PM
0.50
1:41AM
0.46
2:36PM
0.60
2:26AM
0.59
3:42PM
0.67
3:33AM
0.69
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-------5:24-------5:26-------5:26
Sunset--7:40-------7:40-------7:40-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121201918182022222221202019222525242121202023
Feels °C (?)201920191817181918171717202020242626262323222124
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