Ding Dangs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.16° S 22.11° E

Issued: 7 am 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ding Dangs sea temperature is

16.9°C

Ding Dangs 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 Ding Dangs today (17 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 1PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	14s
Evening (17 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Sun afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 17							Sunday 18								Monday 19
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	282	325	384	850	779	700	657	598	491	803	834	931	1139	606	946	852	608	626	587	536	536	429	336
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	S	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	glassy	glassy
High Tide		6:46AM1.46m				6:46PM1.43m				7:57AM1.34m					8:07PM1.29m				10:28AM1.33m
Low Tide				12:30PM0.90m				1:06AM0.86m				1:45PM1.05m					3:05AM0.96m					5:17PM1.04m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	1	2	2	3	4	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	16	16	16	15	14
Feels °C	17	17	14	13	10	12	12	11	11	10	10	8	6	8	8	7	7	7	11	10	12	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	E 8	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	ESE 7	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12
kJ	282	325	384	850	779	700	657	598	491	803	834	931	6	606	946	852	608	626	587	46	536	429	336
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 14	SW 15	SSW 15	E 8	—	E 8	E 8	ESE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	SE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7
kJ	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	5	150	56	86	6	—	6	5	15	31	35	48	23	21	21	16
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 16	SW 15	E 8	E 8	—	—	—	—	E 8	—	—	—	ESE 8	SE 7	SE 7	E 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	77	5	5	—	—	—	—	5	—	—	—	21	11	7	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 13	S 6	—	—	—	WSW 5	WSW 5	SSW 12	SW 6	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1139	141	—	—	—	47	45	536	124	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	4	4	2	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	62	81	0	0	62	0	63	63	349	253	0	2	2	2	2	0	117	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth	Brak River	Santos Reef	Groenvlei	Keurbooms	Ding Dangs	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point			Santos Reef	Brak River	Brak River	Brak River	Brak River	Santos Reef	The Wreck	Santos Reef	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4			3	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Haakgat Cape Town	Groenvlei Garden Route	Pringle Bay Overberg	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Kamer Van Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	4	4	4	4	9	4	4	5	5	5	6	6

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