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The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 11 Feb 2026 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
24.2° C
 (Which is 2.3°C warmer than 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: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (11 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (11 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
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
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SSW
1.9
S
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111111010167910101013131313131212121214141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3172542161801471813359801181111712832627254822782131179915721474161414342907258228663840
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
S
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
ESE
10
S
20
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:08AM
1.07
1:00AM
1.03
1:08PM
1.17
1:55AM
1.18
1:56PM
1.31
2:27AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33PM
0.77
6:54AM
0.79
7:46PM
0.62
7:54AM
0.65
8:20PM
0.47
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise-------5:58-------6:00-------6:01
Sunset--7:24-------7:23-------7:22-----
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-111-153111-------122464
Temp. °C272624222121201919191919191919202122201919171818
Feels °C (?)282625232223191919191919192020222222191816141415
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