Ding Dangs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.16° S 22.11° E

Issued: 7 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ding Dangs sea temperature is

15.7°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 (01 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 3PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	10s
Afternoon (01 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	9s
Evening (01 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Thu morning, light winds from the SSE by Fri night).
	Thursday 1							Friday 2								Saturday 3
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 11	SW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	761	756	567	471	418	383	329	307	307	295	302	262	192	158	205	288	166	124	96	226	114	87	99
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	NNW	NNE	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	SE	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on
High Tide		6:03AM1.79m				6:22PM1.85m				6:51AM1.63m				7:17PM1.64m					8:03AM1.47m				8:45PM1.45m
Low Tide				11:52AM0.49m				00:27AM0.56m				12:38PM0.68m				1:24AM0.75m				1:56PM0.88m


	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	—	—
Temp °C	24	26	30	32	31	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	15
Feels °C	20	20	24	29	29	16	17	15	16	15	15	16	14	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	16	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	SSW 12	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	761	756	567	471	418	383	329	307	307	295	302	262	192	158	205	288	166	124	92	226	24	41	52
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 5	SW 6	SW 6	SW 11	E 10	E 9	E 8	E 8	SSW 12	ESE 8	SW 12	SSW 11	SW 11
kJ	233	59	119	75	75	40	37	35	67	47	10	11	11	59	130	54	37	36	96	23	114	87	99
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SSW 14	SE 9	ESE 10	SSW 13	SSW 12	ESE 8	E 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 9
kJ	70	68	66	40	39	37	37	36	16	15	20	19	19	18	3	36	67	61	23	8	23	20	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	N 3	N 4	NNW 4	—	SW 3	SW 4	SW 4	WSW 8	WSW 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 7
kJ	—	7	21	6	—	2	7	9	85	51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2
Distance (km)	62	77	25	2	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	25	25
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	2	2	4	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	7	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5

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