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The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 SAST
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The Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Heads sea temperature is
19.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Heads today?

The current surf forecast for The Heads at 4PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (19 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (19 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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)
0
0
1
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
5
5
4
4
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.4
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131312161615161616151515141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4374946043691012918103010941567284440704268419039223601345630952925245722311939177515001407
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
0
ESE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossonononglassglassoffcross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
1.68
3:24AM
1.58
3:30PM
1.68
3:53AM
1.58
4:00PM
1.65
4:23AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:52AM
0.29
9:16PM
0.17
9:22AM
0.27
9:44PM
0.17
9:51AM
0.28
10:13PM
0.19
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise-------5:13-------5:11-------5:11
Sunset--7:12-------7:13-------7:14-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212120171515141820212017161617202121201716151620
Feels °C (?)191919171514131818191918161516192020191816141519
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