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Voelklip surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 SAST
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Voelklip surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Voelklip sea temperature is
17.4° C
 (Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Voelklip today?

The current surf forecast for Voelklip at 9AM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7ft (2.2m)10s
Evening (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
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)
4
3
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
S
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)111111101112121212111514141313121212111222201918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1684137511861006910723612541385296272469617808679617522561461478563132519242485
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
35
SSE
35
SE
30
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
35
E
25
E
35
ESE
35
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
1.38
7:35PM
1.13
8:03AM
1.28
8:31PM
1.04
8:58AM
1.18
9:48PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
0.45
1:33AM
0.47
2:34PM
0.53
2:22AM
0.58
3:43PM
0.58
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-5:39-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset----7:59-------7:58-------7:58---
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192023242320181817202730272220202022273026242222
Feels °C (?)181719181716141413152224211918181821262724242324
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