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The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa
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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
19.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at The Heads today?
The current surf forecast for The Heads at 6AM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Apr) | 13ft (4.0m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (20 Apr) | 11ft (3.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (20 Apr) | 11ft (3.5m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at The Heads. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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) (?) | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3696 | 4378 | 4939 | 4414 | 3848 | 3405 | 6348 | 4631 | 4207 | 3753 | 3587 | 3185 | 3135 | 3293 | 5095 | 6118 | 5592 | 5374 | 6246 | 6763 | 7796 | 8536 | 8580 | 8269 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross | cross | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | on | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:11AM 1.84 | 5:36PM 1.64 | 5:53AM 1.67 | 6:22PM 1.50 | 6:42AM 1.47 | 7:20PM 1.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:57PM 0.09 | 11:27AM 0.09 | 11:39PM 0.21 | 12:10PM 0.24 | 12:28AM 0.38 | 1:01PM 0.41 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - |
Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
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