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The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 01 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
20.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Heads today?

The current surf forecast for The Heads at 8AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (01 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (01 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)111110101013131313121212121212191818171616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)228254266231196253205418405374361314314272232241327449573574560657677736
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
SW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
0
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
S
10
S
0
S
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononglassglasscross-
off		glassglassononcross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunrise---5:18-------5:20-------5:20----
Sunset------7:42-------7:42-------7:42-
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C212020222323232019191921232323201919192123232321
Feels °C (?)242322242422232121212023232223222120202223222322
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