Bettys Bay surf break

Bettys Bay surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 SAST
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Bettys Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bettys Bay sea temperature is
16.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bettys Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Bettys Bay at 8PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
1.3
SSW
1
S
1
SSW
1
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)111111121211111110111012121213131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)701922930980993708379311326247190314386329345356378373350278250218218215
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SE
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
N
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
W
25
W
15
W
5
WSW
10
E
15
E
15
E
5
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
1.36
2:07PM
1.49
2:22AM
1.43
2:37PM
1.57
2:52AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
0.27
7:58AM
0.21
8:23PM
0.18
8:29AM
0.15
8:53PM
0.11
8:57AM
0.11
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:37-------6:35--
Sunset6:37-------6:37-------6:37-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141312111112172222181719171618181715141313141617
Feels °C (?)11108667131817141416121013121313141211121515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Overberg

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bettys Bay (calm at Elgin Exp Farm 25 km from Bettys Bay). 2.1m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.0m 13s groundswell from the S and a 0.6m 10s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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4 km/h
S
0.0
16.1
Air / Water (°C)
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