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The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 11 Jan 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
21.4° 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 7AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 1.7m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (11 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (11 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
3
1
1
2
3
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121211111120181816161514141313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)116910148227696716375735126471051140917391811167119031688136712421050786689689666593
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
E
5
NE
5
SW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
5
SSE
5
NW
5
W
5
W
10
W
15
WSW
20
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglasscrossglassonononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:28PM
1.14
9:08AM
1.28
9:45PM
1.05
10:31AM
1.20
11:42PM
1.04
12:08PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
0.60
3:42PM
0.69
3:33AM
0.71
5:21PM
0.70
5:23AM
0.75
6:55PM
0.64
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise---5:26-------5:28-------5:28----
Sunset------7:42-------7:42-------7:42-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019222626262221212022252524222221212225242322
Feels °C (?)202121242727272525242224262525242523242426242424
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