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The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 29 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
22.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Heads today?

The current surf forecast for The Heads at 12PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)8ft (2.4m)13s
Afternoon (29 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (29 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121212121211121111111110101818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)203920391945178915101381116710598958808088087566943825495124394714063843624311033
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
E
15
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
0
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SE
5
NE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononglasscross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
1.44
1:57AM
1.40
2:13PM
1.57
2:46AM
1.57
3:00PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:52AM
0.56
7:47PM
0.39
8:04AM
0.41
8:37PM
0.23
8:55AM
0.26
9:19PM
0.11
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise-5:45-------5:46-------5:47------
Sunset----7:35-------7:35-------7:34---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192125252322212020232626252221212124262625232222
Feels °C (?)202224232120212122262727262525222326272726252424
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