The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 07 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
18.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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 9AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.9m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jul)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jul)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (07 Jul)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
3
WSW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)12121214141414141414131313131313111211131313131414141414141413131414161516151414141414141414141414141313131312121212910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6240483759656031567440253431313228513150317225272060184516321472150215751532200250277832416361797661698159215014424236343271313333203674502214090202609964833582207848161256987598053334743438639043275287122221772146015221093100592988526182826
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
10
WSW
5
NW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
25
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
ENE
5
E
10
SE
10
SE
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
20
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
1.27
2:01AM
1.43
2:35PM
1.37
2:42AM
1.51
3:12PM
1.47
3:18AM
1.58
3:47PM
1.55
3:53AM
1.64
4:21PM
1.63
4:28AM
1.67
4:55PM
1.69
5:02AM
1.67
5:30PM
1.72
5:38AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
0.49
7:48PM
0.55
8:25AM
0.40
8:32PM
0.47
9:02AM
0.31
9:11PM
0.38
9:36AM
0.22
9:48PM
0.31
10:10AM
0.16
10:24PM
0.26
10:42AM
0.11
11:00PM
0.24
11:15AM
0.10
11:37PM
0.23
11:49AM
0.11
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Sunrise-7:33-------7:33-------7:33-------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-------7:31--
Sunset----5:30-------5:31-------5:31-------5:32-------5:32-------5:34-------5:35-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1112141615131312111115181513131313132222161415151414161816141313131316201414131312111213131110109914161412121110111515
Feels °C (?)689111211119881215131099881716141313141414151615141211101013158876667910977551213121097781211
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