Ansteys 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.93° S 31.02° E

Issued: 1 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Ansteys sea temperature is

22.4°C

Ansteys 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 Ansteys today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ansteys at 5AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	7s
Evening (05 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 39mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu night, min 18°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Thu night, light winds from the SSW by Fri night).
	Thursday 5								Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	!	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 10	S 10	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	E 7	SSE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	39	39	45	81	230	623	1401	769	346	250	221	176	144	151	158	81	81	440	352	508	48	71	121	137	47	135
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	N	NW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	1:06AM1.53m				1:27PM1.75m				1:46AM1.64m					2:03PM1.86m				2:21AM1.74m				2:34PM1.93m				2:52AM1.80m
Low Tide			7:08AM0.55m				7:45PM0.49m				7:47AM0.45m					8:19PM0.38m				8:21AM0.37m				8:49PM0.31m


	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	6:22
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	1	2	3	6	5	6	12
Temp °C	22	21	23	25	26	25	27	27	23	22	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Feels °C	23	22	23	24	25	24	26	27	19	20	22	22	23	22	23	21	21	22	21	17	17	17	15	16	16	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 9	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 12	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSE 5	S 15	S 15	E 8	SSW 13	SSW 13	E 7	SSE 6	SE 5	E 7
kJ	36	35	39	68	95	80	824	567	346	250	221	176	144	109	104	81	36	440	352	57	141	133	39	80	29	32
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	SSW 13	E 9	—	—	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	S 10	SSW 10	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 7	E 8	E 7	SSW 13	E 7	S 6	SSW 12
kJ	39	39	68	25	—	—	81	86	57	56	55	55	34	29	158	54	81	63	62	17	41	40	92	36	33	56
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 7	S 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 15	SSW 15	SSW 9	ESE 5	—	—	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SSW 12	E 7	E 8
kJ	65	64	8	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17	42	49	8	—	—	12	7	7	86	47	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	SSW 13	SSW 4	S 5	S 8	S 9	S 10	—	SSE 5	S 12	—	SSW 15	S 14	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	SE 5	SSE 6
kJ	—	33	45	81	230	623	1401	769	131	24	57	124	154	151	—	29	639	—	639	508	48	71	121	137	25	135
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	4	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	4	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	6	732	856	78	129	0	39	8	163	674	163	162	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	732	39	163	218
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1			1		4		1					1	1	3	3	4	3	1	1		4
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	5	5	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4

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