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Vleesbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 SAST
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Vleesbaai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Vleesbaai sea temperature is
22.8° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vleesbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Vleesbaai at 11AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (15 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (15 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
S
2
S
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
2.4
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)141312121212888111010101010999991010910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6135511485124910953652672512071801701601541541482811199494941721209841446
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
20
E
15
ENE
5
NE
10
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
W
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
1.51
2:35AM
1.49
2:40PM
1.62
3:08AM
1.61
3:13PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:57AM
0.66
8:29PM
0.47
8:36AM
0.54
9:01PM
0.36
9:10AM
0.43
9:30PM
0.25
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-5:35-------5:35-------5:37------
Sunset----7:46-------7:45-------7:45---
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
21-----1------11-------1
Temp. °C181818181818181818192121212020201919202021212018
Feels °C (?)131414141414151516192019191920191818191717161714
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