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Gansbaai surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 07 Apr 2025 SAST
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Gansbaai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gansbaai sea temperature is
16.0° C
 (Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gansbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Gansbaai at 7AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (07 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (07 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

Hourly12 Days
Overberg Surf
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Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.1
SSW
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131312121213131313131213121212121212141313121212121111141414131313121313131212121212121212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)140711709077927806905434183983413413523693803743693463573352873673613553142802983784134774694543723939961143122211981162123012361407136213201278131117801935186616991220153015051378847833735624495486495
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
5
W
10
SW
5
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
0
S
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
25
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
E
10
E
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
10
E
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
NNE
0
E
0
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassonononononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
1.16
12:31PM
1.14
12:56AM
1.28
1:16PM
1.23
1:31AM
1.39
1:49PM
1.32
2:00AM
1.48
2:18PM
1.39
2:27AM
1.54
2:45PM
1.45
2:53AM
1.58
3:12PM
1.48
3:19AM
1.60
3:39PM
1.49
3:45AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
0.52
6:43PM
0.47
7:18AM
0.41
7:22PM
0.37
7:52AM
0.31
7:54PM
0.30
8:20AM
0.23
8:22PM
0.24
8:46AM
0.16
8:48PM
0.21
9:11AM
0.12
9:14PM
0.19
9:35AM
0.11
9:39PM
0.20
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Sunrise---6:58-------7:00-------7:00-------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03
Sunset------6:30-------6:28-------6:27-------6:25-------6:23-------6:22-------6:22-----
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Rain (mm)
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