Addington (South Beach) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.86° S 31.04° E

Issued: 1 pm 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Addington (South Beach) sea temperature is

21.8° C

Addington (South Beach) 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 Addington (South Beach) today (15 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Addington (South Beach) at 6PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	10s
Afternoon (15 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	10s
Evening (15 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	11s

Table - waves today at Addington (South Beach). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sat morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 15					Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	716	730	770	831	831	736	720	621	520	443	386	379	327	279	279	279	279	234	234	234	234	190	192	192
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	S	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	ENE	ESE	SE	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	W	S	SSE	SSE	W	W	WNW	NNW	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on
High Tide			4:43PM1.98m				4:55AM1.93m					5:23PM2.00m				5:34AM1.89m				6:01PM1.96m				6:11AM1.82m
Low Tide	10:27AM0.16m				10:51PM0.26m					11:06AM0.15m				11:31PM0.27m				11:44AM0.18m				00:10AM0.32m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—
	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:14	—	—	—	—	5:15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	20	19	20	19	18	18	20	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	19	20	19	18	17	17	16	16
Feels °C	18	18	20	19	19	18	17	18	21	19	20	19	18	17	16	16	18	19	19	19	17	17	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	716	730	770	831	831	736	720	621	520	443	386	379	327	279	279	279	279	234	234	234	234	190	192	192
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	S 9	S 10	SSW 4	SSE 10	SSE 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSW 7	S 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 9	SSW 8	SSW 8	S 13	SSW 12	SSW 11
kJ	9	9	8	6	16	7	18	17	39	48	71	68	29	15	89	57	53	49	15	14	13	84	77	68
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	S 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	S 10	SSE 10	SSW 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 11	S 11	SE 11	SSW 14	SSE 10	SE 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 12	SW 15	SSW 14	—	S 16	S 15
kJ	10	2	5	11	11	17	20	8	17	8	2	2	4	19	10	4	2	2	14	9	38	—	20	40
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	—
kJ	—	—	—	8	11	24	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
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