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The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa
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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 slightly cooler than normal)How big are the waves at The Heads today?
The current surf forecast for The Heads at 10PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Mar) | - | - |
| Afternoon (28 Mar) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 10s |
| Evening (28 Mar) | 10ft (3.0m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at The Heads. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1682 | 2143 | 1749 | 1376 | 1197 | 819 | 745 | 635 | 677 | 512 | 587 | 204 | 376 | 448 | 202 | 236 | 265 | 267 | 217 | 202 | 127 | 126 | 69 | 58 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | on | on | glass | off | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:39AM 1.49 | 1:57PM 1.47 | 2:16AM 1.65 | 2:32PM 1.58 | 2:47AM 1.77 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:27PM 0.43 | 7:59AM 0.36 | 8:06PM 0.29 | 8:34AM 0.23 | 8:38PM 0.18 | 9:04AM 0.13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - |
| Sunset | 6:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 24 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 24 |
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