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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
19.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at The Heads today?
The current surf forecast for The Heads at 5PM is: 4.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Apr) | 10ft (3.0m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (21 Apr) | 11ft (3.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (21 Apr) | 15ft (4.5m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at The Heads. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
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Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3135 | 3533 | 5801 | 6021 | 5731 | 6240 | 7012 | 7583 | 8921 | 9250 | 9324 | 8637 | 7509 | 6353 | 5153 | 4399 | 3544 | 2866 | 2049 | 1561 | 1236 | 1060 | 774 | 548 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:22PM 1.50 | 6:42AM 1.47 | 7:20PM 1.35 | 7:47AM 1.28 | 8:49PM 1.24 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:10PM 0.24 | 12:28AM 0.38 | 1:01PM 0.41 | 1:33AM 0.55 | 2:13PM 0.56 | 3:19AM 0.67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 |
| Sunset | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 17 |
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