Albatross 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.01° S 24.93° E

Issued: 7 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Albatross sea temperature is

17.5° C

Albatross 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 Albatross today (21 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Albatross at 1PM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	16s
Afternoon (21 Jul)	7ft (2.2m)	14s
Evening (21 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the W by Thu night).
	Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 15	SW 14	SSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 13	WSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	493	546	1396	1929	2689	2889	2567	2207	2045	1651	1474	1494	1200	1200	1305	850	721	680	1102	1578	2983	2921	2826
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	WSW	SE	SE	ENE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			8:10AM1.14m				8:45PM1.26m				9:10AM1.04m				9:52PM1.15m				10:51AM0.98m
Low Tide					2:10PM0.49m				3:10AM0.59m				3:05PM0.61m				4:31AM0.65m				4:37PM0.69m


	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:34	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Temp °C	13	13	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	17	18	16	16	15	15	14	14	16	19	15	16	15
Feels °C	11	11	15	16	14	14	12	11	11	11	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	15	8	10	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 10	ESE 11	SW 15	SW 14	SSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 13	WSW 12	SW 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	SSW 20
kJ	388	382	1396	1929	2689	2889	2567	2207	2045	1651	1474	1494	1200	1200	1305	850	721	680	1102	91	91	91	450
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	SW 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 12	SSW 13	SE 12	SSW 12	ESE 12	E 8	ENE 9	SSW 22	SE 12
kJ	396	290	352	305	281	242	242	226	226	226	226	190	197	204	177	700	144	530	123	12	15	45	66
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 16	E 10	—	—	E 9	E 10	E 9	E 9	ESE 14	ESE 14	E 5	SSW 15	SSW 14	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 8	SE 12	SW 12	—	S 23	E 9	E 9
kJ	493	546	8	—	—	7	7	7	7	105	105	4	167	215	237	158	18	142	37	—	10	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W 3	WSW 5	WSW 5	WSW 5	—	WSW 12	WSW 7	—	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	69	70	62	—	658	144	—	1578	2983	2921	2826
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Claptons Coils Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Distance (km)	1	1	0	10	198	52	30	30	2	1	0	0	140	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	257	143	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)	Hamburg (Port Alfred)	Hamburg (Port Alfred)	Hamburg (Port Alfred)	Noncom (Cape Recife)	Mtati	Sea Vista	Hamburg (Port Alfred)	Hamburg (Port Alfred)	Hamburg (Port Alfred)	Hamburg (Port Alfred)	Hamburg (Port Alfred)	Kleinemonde		Riet River	Kleinemonde	Riet River	Riet River	J-Bay	Kleinemonde	Millars Point			Super Tubes
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4		4	4	4	4	4	3	4			4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dungeons Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Kleinemonde Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Dungeons Cape Town	Paranoia Overberg	Hell West Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	8	7	9	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	9

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