The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 06 Sep 2025 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
18.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at The Heads today?

The current surf forecast for The Heads at 9PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)--
Afternoon (06 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (06 Sep)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121313141414141414141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)285325972395213018921703177020322065249930483317349431303161305528602574241921001841158119431491
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:03PM
1.78
3:14AM
1.77
3:33PM
1.92
3:47AM
1.83
4:05PM
2.01
4:21AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:12PM
0.10
9:21AM
-0.00
9:45PM
-0.01
9:52AM
-0.07
10:18PM
-0.07
10:24AM
-0.08
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:37-------6:35--
Sunset6:12-------6:13-------6:14-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171312121214171817151616161719191817171616182122
Feels °C (?)161211111113161716151615151616151515151515192122
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at The Heads (light winds from the NE at SHIP6626 25 km from The Heads). A 3.0m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here

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11 km/h
NE
0.0
18.0
Air / Water (°C)
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