Blythedale Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.39° S 31.33° E

Blythedale 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Blythedale sea temperature is
20.8°C
0.7° 

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


How big are the waves at Blythedale today (29 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Blythedale at 9PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 29). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (29 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (29 Aug)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 18°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NE on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun night).

Sat
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
12
0.7
S
12
0.6
S
12
0.5
S
12
0.8
S
11
0.1
SE
15
2.1
SSW
7
2.1
S
8
1.8
S
8
1.5
S
7
1.3
S
7
1.1
S
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.7
SSW
9
0.7
SSW
10
0.6
SSW
9
0.5
SSW
9
0.5
SSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
248
198
150
139
103
71
166
8
431
518
391
235
154
104
43
41
86
102
69
45
41
Wind (km/h)
30
NE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NE
25
NNE
15
N
35
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
10
SW
5
WSW
0
N
5
WNW
5
N
10
ENE
20
E
15
E
10
E
5
ENE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
4:36PM1.99m
4:44AM1.90m
5:03PM2.00m
5:12AM1.88m
5:31PM1.97m
Low Tide
10:22AM-0.02m
10:41PM0.04m
10:49AM-0.04m
11:09PM0.04m
11:17AM-0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
5:38
 mm
Temp °C
25
28
26
22
20
19
19
20
22
21
20
19
19
18
18
19
21
21
20
20
20
Feels °C
19
21
19
16
15
15
15
15
17
17
18
19
20
20
19
21
21
19
19
21
21
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Blythedale surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest