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The Heads Surf Forecast
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The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 19 Jul 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at The Heads today?
The current surf forecast for The Heads at 4AM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Jul) | 10ft (3.0m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (19 Jul) | 10ft (3.0m) | 14s |
| Evening (19 Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at The Heads. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 6712 | 5806 | 5087 | 4253 | 3790 | 3181 | 2800 | 2536 | 2024 | 1771 | 1720 | 1622 | 1671 | 1819 | 1839 | 2643 | 3772 | 3530 | 3695 | 2818 | 2252 | 2673 | 2436 | 2464 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:28PM 1.45 | 10:15AM 1.19 | 10:55PM 1.40 | 11:54AM 1.21 | 12:24AM 1.42 | 1:14PM 1.31 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:06AM 0.51 | 4:12PM 0.56 | 5:38AM 0.51 | 5:52PM 0.57 | 7:02AM 0.44 | 7:17PM 0.48 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:39 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route
light winds from the NE at SHIP5112 mean that it is cross-off at The Heads. 3.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW
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