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 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 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 18.1° 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 10PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (19 Oct)	11ft (3.5m)	16s
Evening (19 Oct)	11ft (3.5m)	16s

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

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	Sunday 19			Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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)	!	3	!	4	4	3	1	0	2	4	4	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	4	4	4	3	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	5747	5025	5087	4552	3531	3460	2665	1949	1559	1438	1349	1116	966	878	966	904	862	782	864	782	1165	2423	2243	1969
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	E	E	ENE	E	SE	ESE	ESE	ENE	ENE	E	N	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	SSE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:33PM 1.74				2:50AM 1.62				2:59PM 1.79				3:17AM 1.66				3:25PM 1.80				3:43AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 0.15				8:50AM 0.19				9:14PM 0.11				9:16AM 0.16				9:38PM 0.09				9:41AM 0.17

	Sunday 19			Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	14	13	16	20	20	18	15	15	15	14	16	20	22	20	16	16	15	15	20	26	27
Feels °C (?)	14	13	13	12	11	15	17	17	14	13	14	15	14	16	18	20	18	15	15	14	14	20	25	25

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Heads (light winds from the E at Plettenberg Bay 23 km from The Heads). 3.4m 15s groundswell from the SSW which is too big for here.
1 hour 9 minutes ago The Heads

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23 km away, 1 h 9 min ago

9 km/h

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18.1

Air / Water (°C)

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