The Heads Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.07° S 23.06° E)

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The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 01 Jul 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 17.9° 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 7PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Jul)	5ft (1.6m)	12s
Afternoon (01 Jul)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s
Evening (01 Jul)	7ft (2.1m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Tuesday 01					Wednesday 02								Thursday 03								Friday 04								Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	!	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	!	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	5	5	5	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	8	9	10	10	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	856	1094	1099	1375	1348	1257	1082	1169	1418	2202	1918	1855	1522	1384	1214	1248	1562	1907	2109	1806	2437	2179	3738	3189	3867	1792	1879	1680	1511	1604	2417	3188	3810	10220	5118	6349	6343	7554	18357	9015	8673	8044	7756	14816	7232	7628	6651	5791	6038	6019	5705	5770	5540	5789	4310	4188	4256	7067	9155	5372
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	W	W	NW	NNE	E	SE	SSE	SE	E	ESE	ENE	NE	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	WSW	W	N	WNW	NW	NNW	WNW	NW	NNW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NW	W	WSW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	W	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					8:02PM 1.44				8:12AM 1.21				8:51PM 1.35				9:12AM 1.13				9:52PM 1.29				10:33AM 1.09					11:05PM 1.26				11:58AM 1.11				12:16AM 1.29				1:04PM 1.18				1:14AM 1.35				1:54PM 1.27					2:01AM 1.43				2:35PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		1:32PM 0.42					2:20AM 0.57				2:14PM 0.53				3:16AM 0.63				3:08PM 0.62				4:25AM 0.65				4:18PM 0.68					5:43AM 0.64				5:41PM 0.68				6:50AM 0.57				6:53PM 0.63				7:42AM 0.49				7:48PM 0.55					8:25AM 0.40

	Tuesday 01					Wednesday 02								Thursday 03								Friday 04								Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	2	4	3	-	-	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	27	26	17	16	16	16	15	19	18	17	16	17	16	16	15	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	15	17	16	14	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	13	15	14	12	12	11	11	11	15	17	15	14
Feels °C (?)	20	24	24	15	14	15	15	15	17	16	17	17	18	16	17	14	16	12	13	12	9	7	6	8	12	15	15	12	12	11	9	10	10	9	9	6	9	6	5	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	10	10	8	8	7	6	6	9	11	10	10

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