Struisbaai surf break

Struisbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Struisbaai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Struisbaai sea temperature is
21.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Struisbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Struisbaai at 9AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 28). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (28 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (28 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131313131212121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2984288428002757280028002827282726362522252222392042176716291392129311801007913836781422319
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
0
SSE
0
SSW
5
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
25
E
30
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49PM
1.20
11:20AM
1.40
12:27AM
1.31
12:44PM
1.50
1:31AM
1.48
1:44PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
0.67
6:09PM
0.49
6:31AM
0.57
7:20PM
0.35
7:40AM
0.42
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:56----
Sunset------7:49-------7:49-------7:47-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918192020201919191919202121212121202123232322
Feels °C (?)212019191817171717171616161717181920202123232223
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