Ding Dangs Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Ding Dangs surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 07 May 2026 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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

Today's Ding Dangs sea temperature is 18.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ding Dangs today?

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 3AM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 May)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Afternoon (08 May)	11ft (3.5m)	13s
Evening (08 May)	10ft (3.0m)	13s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, strong winds from the WNW by Sun afternoon).
	Thu 7			Friday 8								Saturday 9								Sun 10
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	6297	5808	5429	5142	4526	3352	3166	3507	3621	3364	3364	2975	2800	2458	2077	1771	1638	1255	1208	981	898	640	475	298
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	SW	S	SSW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	WNW	W	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off
High Tide		6:53PM1.49m				6:54AM1.45m				7:54PM1.42m					8:05AM1.34m				9:19PM1.41m				9:47AM1.30m
Low Tide				00:42AM0.81m				1:11PM0.71m				1:57AM0.89m					2:29PM0.79m				3:58AM0.89m


	—	—	—	—	7:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—
	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42
mm	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	14	14	14	14	16	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	14	14	15
Feels °C	13	14	12	12	11	12	13	14	14	15	13	13	13	13	16	16	14	14	15	15	12	7	7	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11
kJ	6297	5808	5429	5142	4526	3352	3166	3507	3621	3364	3364	2975	2800	2458	2077	1771	1638	1255	1208	981	898	640	475	298
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SW 14	SW 19	SW 19	SSW 18	S 10	S 10	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	—
kJ	85	54	183	173	211	305	318	268	261	255	229	223	223	223	220	217	214	211	170	120	120	120	116	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SSW 20	SW 19	SSW 19	SSW 18	SW 18	SW 17	SW 13	—	S 9	—	—	—	—	E 10	E 10	E 10	—	—	E 5	—	—	—	—
kJ	36	38	96	142	214	249	295	170	—	40	—	—	—	—	8	18	8	—	—	21	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 4	—	—	WNW 4	WNW 3	W 8	SW 12
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	—	34	11	138	1256
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Eastern Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	7	63	25	25	2	4	464	551	692
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Santos Reef	Herolds Bay	Herolds Bay	Herolds Bay	Herolds Bay	Herolds Bay	Herolds Bay	Outer Pool	Outer Pool	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth
Rating (10 max)	5	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Santos Reef Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Snake Park Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dolphin Point Overberg	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbomvu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	5	8	7	6	6	6	7	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Header Global	Buchupureo Chile	Herolds Bay South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Barrancon Chile	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Trial Harbour Australia	Boneyards South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Hanga Poukura Chile	Hanga Poukura Chile	Hanga Poukura Chile	Arrawarra Australia	Barrancon Chile	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico
Rating (10 max)	5	8	7	6	6	6	7	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

Surf-Forecast Premium Launches 16-day Forecast and New, Improved Modelling

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 Ding Dangs 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.

Ding Dangs Surf Forecast

Ding Dangs surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

How big are the waves at Ding Dangs today?

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Talking To Maddie Meddings on New Film Undercurrents. (And Then Watch It!)

The roadsurfer VanLife Taster Menu

Cyclone Vainau Smashes NZ and Bells Gears Up for 50-year Storm*

Get €100 Off Your Next Personalised, Expert-Planned Trip with Tourlane

Surf-Forecast Premium Launches 16-day Forecast and New, Improved Modelling

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website