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Struisbaai surf break

Struisbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 14 Jan 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
21.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Struisbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Struisbaai at 1PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (14 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
!
!
0
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)1111111111131212111111121211111110101010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)638579589627102427633054318833132816237514741141851690561433441302320200176168216
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
WNW
20
SW
30
SW
45
WSW
45
W
45
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
20
E
15
E
15
SE
20
S
25
S
30
S
20
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
1.33
1:34AM
1.30
1:35PM
1.43
2:11AM
1.42
2:13PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
0.72
7:25PM
0.53
7:35AM
0.62
8:04PM
0.42
8:14AM
0.51
8:37PM
0.31
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise-5:39-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset----7:55-------7:54-------7:54---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------11-----1111------
Temp. °C182022232322181817171717181817181819202020191918
Feels °C (?)181919181716101212121213131412141617191717151716
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