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Lat Long: 34.59° S 19.33° E

Gansbaai Surf Photo: 'Gansbaai'

Issued: 7 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gansbaai sea temperature is

18.1°C

0.8°

Gansbaai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE	ESE	SW	ESE
	11 s	cross- off	3 s	11 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SE	ESE	SW	ESE
	11 s	cross- off	4 s	11 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SE	SSE	SW	SW
	11 s	cross- off	5 s	11 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE	SE	SW	SW
	11 s	cross- off	4 s	11 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	E	ESE	SW	SW
	10 s	off	4 s	10 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	E	E	SW	ESE
	10 s	off	5 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	E	ESE	SW	ESE
	10 s	off	6 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SSE	E	SW	ESE
	10 s	glass	6 s	10 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	S		SW	ESE
	10 s	cross		10 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	S		SW	SE
	10 s	cross		10 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSE
	10 s	cross	3 s	10 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	S	S	SW	SSE
	11 s	cross	7 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SSE		SW	SW
	11 s	cross- off		11 s	20 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE		SW	SW
	18 s	cross- off		11 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 December at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE		SW	SW
	17 s	cross- off		11 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 December at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE		SW	SW
	17 s	off		12 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 December at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SSE		SW	SW
	16 s	cross- off		12 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 December at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Gansbaai around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 13 minutes after high water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.1m (3.6 ft). Range 1.93m (6.3 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Gansbaai Surf Photo: 'Gansbaai' by Snow-Forecast.com user

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Photo taken at: 10:56 am 29 Dec 2018