Blythedale 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.39° S 31.33° E

Issued: 7 pm 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Blythedale sea temperature is

22.1°C

Blythedale 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 Blythedale today (02 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Blythedale at 10PM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 02). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (02 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	6s
Evening (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, strong winds from the NNE by Thu afternoon).
	Mon 2			Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	E 5	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	S 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	24	24	29	40	80	106	139	82	77	134	131	216	89	118	169	215	207	189	184	176	129
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	W	N	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			10:19PM1.18m					11:33AM1.35m				00:05AM1.27m				12:42PM1.50m				1:04AM1.41m
Low Tide	4:00PM0.76m				4:40AM0.66m					6:02PM0.67m				6:11AM0.56m				7:03PM0.52m


	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—
	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	6:17
mm	—	3	3	1	2	1	1	—	1	3	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—
Temp °C	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	24	23	22	22	21	21	23	24	24	23	22	21	21	21
Feels °C	23	25	24	23	22	24	25	26	25	21	22	22	23	24	23	24	24	25	23	22	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 10	E 9	ESE 6	E 9	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SSW 13
kJ	24	113	120	127	125	106	106	82	115	85	72	60	88	144	93	55	45	55	66	62	129
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	S 6	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 12	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 10	S 9	E 9	SSW 9	E 9	E 9	SSW 15	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	E 9
kJ	13	17	12	9	14	125	122	120	47	42	61	25	60	41	169	80	80	189	184	176	25
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SE 9	SSW 13	SSW 13	NE 6	SSW 11	SSW 10	S 10	SSW 10	S 17	S 9	SSW 15	SSW 8	S 15	E 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	SSW 7
kJ	17	13	17	16	1	25	21	49	75	6	40	46	24	118	38	215	207	59	38	38	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	—	SE 6	NE 5	ESE 6	E 5	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	SW 3	SW 4	—	NE 6	ENE 6
kJ	150	24	29	40	80	—	139	6	77	134	131	216	89	190	—	—	2	4	—	83	82
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sodwana KZN North	Ponta do Ouro Inhambane	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sodwana KZN North	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	61	295	322	461	61	97	97	97	49	721	61	295	515	61	18	0	23	343	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Kosi Bay	Sodwana			Alkantstrand	Richards Bay (Outside)	Alkantstrand	Richards Bay (Outside)	Mtunzini			Sodwana		Kosi Bay	Umhlanga	Mtunzini	Zinkwazi		Umdloti	Mtunzini	Richards Bay (Outside)
Rating (10 max)	1	1			2	2	2	2	2			1		1	2	2	2		2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Hoek Cape Town	Paranoia Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dungeons Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5

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