Struisbaai surf break

Struisbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 SAST
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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
20.3° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Struisbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Struisbaai at 10AM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)161615141414141313131312121211111112111114131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)871876226290528545903898327827222318201318831794230720951832151724762191174522553555214819681753
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
ENE
15
ESE
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
25
WNW
45
WNW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
25
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---7:03-------7:03-------7:05----
Sunset------6:15-------6:14-------6:12-
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616151718181616151516181914141515151617181817
Feels °C (?)151415131515161314121212141279610101212121312
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