Mbotyi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.46° S 29.74° E

Issued: 7 am 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Mbotyi sea temperature is

21.8°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Mbotyi today (30 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Mbotyi at 2PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Afternoon (30 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s
Evening (30 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Fri afternoon, light winds from the W by Sat night).
	Friday 30							Saturday 31								Sunday 1
	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	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 6
Wave Graph
kJ	204	154	147	197	242	265	233	305	640	569	318	358	349	363	644	264	541	161	130	103	103	105	115
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NE	W	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		5:50AM1.48m				6:08PM1.46m				6:40AM1.35m				7:00PM1.28m				7:49AM1.22m					8:19PM1.12m
Low Tide				11:55AM0.27m				00:23AM0.30m				12:46PM0.44m				1:19AM0.45m					2:03PM0.60m


	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:03	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	13	11
Temp °C	16	20	23	24	22	19	18	18	17	21	25	25	24	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	20	19
Feels °C	14	18	20	21	19	16	16	16	15	19	23	23	23	19	21	23	23	21	22	21	21	20	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	204	154	147	123	123	103	103	84	310	283	55	54	54	54	327	264	235	161	130	103	103	105	80
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SW 18	SW 14	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SE 9	SE 9	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	ESE 11
kJ	89	79	33	54	33	51	46	27	84	68	40	38	37	37	41	30	19	79	68	68	67	44	44
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	S 8	S 8	SSW 16	SW 13	SW 13	—	—	—	—	SSW 12	SSW 11	SE 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 14	SW 14
kJ	74	33	30	30	30	1	1	25	44	44	—	—	—	—	14	12	33	12	11	11	11	21	33
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	—	ENE 8	—	SW 3	SSW 4	SSW 5	S 6	S 6
kJ	74	92	146	197	242	265	233	305	640	569	318	358	349	363	644	—	541	—	4	24	46	82	115
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Morgans Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Port St Johns Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Wreck Garden Route	Mapelane KZN North	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	4	2	2	4	4	4	2	3	1	2	3	2	1	1
Distance (km)	219	216	532	532	695	532	473	294	191	206	472	532	259	259	25	0	0	217	19	662	428	82	142
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast									Queensberry Bay	Yellow sands Point			Igoda	Igoda	Hole-in-the-Wall	Periwinkles	Ebalow		Rame Head				Barbel Point
Rating (10 max)									4	4			4	4	4	4	3		2				2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Jongensfontein Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kamer Van Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Groenvlei Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	8	7	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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