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 1 pm Tuesday 19 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 17.7° 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 7PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 May)	7ft (2.1m)	8s
Afternoon (19 May)	7ft (2.1m)	8s
Evening (19 May)	10ft (3.0m)	8s

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 8mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Tue afternoon, calm by Thu night).
	Tue 19					Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 9	ESE 8	SE 9	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 18
Wave Graph
kJ	440	528	900	1280	1197	1089	878	741	848	505	890	513	1123	1000	906	550	550	468	394	313	256	256	206	167
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNW	W	SW	SSW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	glassy	cross	glassy	cross-on
High Tide				5:36PM1.87m				5:52AM1.86m				6:28PM1.78m				6:45AM1.68m				7:27PM1.68m				7:47AM1.52m
Low Tide		11:15AM0.24m				11:32PM0.42m				12:00PM0.36m				00:27AM0.55m				12:52PM0.50m				1:37AM0.69m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—
	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:34	—	—	—	—	5:34
mm	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	20	20	19	18	18	18	19	21	23	18	16	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	17	17	15	13	15	15	15	15	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	19	20	22	17	16	16	16	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SW 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	ESE 8	SE 8	SW 12	SE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	440	528	64	70	111	104	101	103	848	505	23	513	778	708	641	550	550	468	394	313	256	256	206	167
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 11	SSE 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	S 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 19	S 18	S 18
kJ	114	47	73	61	61	43	42	40	23	23	19	43	42	81	79	73	70	68	63	58	37	125	167	162
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 15	SSE 14	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	—	SSW 9	SSW 9	S 16	S 16	SSW 9	WSW 12	SW 12	SW 11	—	S 8	S 22	S 21	S 21	SSW 20	SSW 20	SW 12	S 12	S 11
kJ	54	76	20	10	10	—	17	16	21	20	8	14	5	19	—	6	9	36	35	76	75	37	24	36
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	—	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	—	E 9	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	—	—	—	SW 3	SW 4	—	—	—	—
kJ	82	—	900	1280	1197	1089	878	741	—	442	890	386	1123	1000	906	—	—	—	3	4	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2
Distance (km)	43	302	63	63	63	43	63	63	63	63	63	25	25	25	25	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Fish Boma		Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Herolds Bay	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Brak River	Brak River	Brak River	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)	3		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Koeel Bay 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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Noncom (Cape Recife) Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Header Global	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Boneyard Australia	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Crazy Left Portugal	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Anglet - Corsaires France	Arrifana Portugal	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Afife Portugal	Anglet - Corsaires France	Lambe Lambe Brazil	Lambe Lambe Brazil	Balimbing Indonesia	Balephetrish (Tiree) United Kingdom	Pauba Brazil	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Itaúna Brazil	Itaúna Brazil	Papatowai New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	6

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