The Heads Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

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

Surf Forecasts:

The Heads surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 06 Nov 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 19.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Heads today?

The current surf forecast for The Heads at 2AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Evening (06 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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		Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	371	371	326	287	350	344	344	298	241	237	202	198	207	506	799	930	892	675	540	408	419	356	426	444
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	SE	SE	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:40AM 1.80				3:55PM 1.97				4:21AM 1.78				4:36PM 1.87					5:03AM 1.70				5:19PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	9:33PM -0.10				9:41AM 0.01				10:12PM -0.06				10:23AM 0.06				10:53PM 0.04					11:07AM 0.17

		Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	16	15	14	18	22	22	20	17	16	16	16	21	25	25	22	19
Feels °C (?)	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	15	18	18	15	13	13	14	14	20	24	23	20	18

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