The Heads Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.07° S 23.06° E)

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The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 08 Jul 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 18.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Heads today?

The current surf forecast for The Heads at 9AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	14s
Afternoon (08 Jul)	7.5ft (2.3m)	13s
Evening (08 Jul)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Tuesday 08							Wednesday 09								Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	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	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
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	!	!	!	!	!	!	3	4	4	3	4	4	!	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3053	3318	3356	2559	2071	1736	1591	1558	1655	1665	1655	2107	2143	5491	8628	4775	6363	5931	5048	4410	3658	3271	3066	2975	2961	3301	14958	9973	12440	11635	10553	9272	8932	9569	9207	8029	7239	6217	5046	4737	3945	2936	2472	1963	1717	2611	1578	1580	3872	1417	1390	3549	3921	1650	1384	2607	1124	1183	1263	1251
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	NNW	WSW	SSE	NE	NE	N	N	N	NNW	WSW	SW	W	NNW	NNW	NW	N	ESE	SSE	SE	NNE	NW	W	WNW	NW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	SSW	SE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	W	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:01AM 1.43				2:35PM 1.37				2:42AM 1.51				3:12PM 1.47				3:18AM 1.58				3:47PM 1.55				3:53AM 1.64				4:21PM 1.63				4:28AM 1.67				4:55PM 1.69					5:02AM 1.67				5:30PM 1.72				5:38AM 1.64				6:07PM 1.73				6:16AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			8:25AM 0.40				8:32PM 0.47				9:02AM 0.31				9:11PM 0.38				9:36AM 0.22				9:48PM 0.31				10:10AM 0.16				10:24PM 0.26				10:42AM 0.11				11:00PM 0.24					11:15AM 0.10				11:37PM 0.23				11:49AM 0.11				12:17AM 0.26				12:25PM 0.17

	Tuesday 08							Wednesday 09								Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
Sunrise	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	15	18	15	14	13	13	13	13	20	24	16	14	14	14	15	14	17	18	16	14	13	13	12	12	16	14	13	12	12	11	10	11	13	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	16	18	15	14	14	13	12	11	15	16	14	13	12	11	11	11	14	15
Feels °C (?)	8	8	12	15	13	11	9	9	9	8	15	20	13	13	13	12	14	13	16	16	15	14	12	11	10	10	13	8	7	6	6	6	5	7	10	11	11	9	7	7	7	6	13	15	12	9	10	9	9	8	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	12	12

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