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 Monday 18 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: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 May)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Afternoon (18 May)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s
Evening (18 May)	3ft (0.9m)	14s

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 Wed afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Tue night, calm by Thu morning).
	Mon 18					Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu 21
	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	SE 7	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 9	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	258	318	339	325	229	372	388	429	600	579	840	982	973	909	848	687	687	771	542	1020	976	1265	1162	714
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	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	glassy
High Tide			4:49PM1.94m					5:04AM2.00m				5:36PM1.87m				5:52AM1.86m				6:28PM1.78m				6:45AM1.68m
Low Tide	10:32AM0.15m				10:44PM0.30m					11:15AM0.24m				11:32PM0.42m				12:00PM0.36m				00:27AM0.55m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—
	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	5:34
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	3	—	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	18
Feels °C	17	17	15	15	15	14	17	15	18	18	16	13	14	15	16	16	18	15	16	16	17	17	16	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	SW 13	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 13	SE 9	SSW 15	SW 15	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	258	318	339	325	229	175	388	429	385	579	71	69	113	108	848	687	687	40	542	43	54	898	803	714
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 13	S 12	S 12	SSW 8	SSE 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 11	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14
kJ	80	161	104	72	68	26	101	99	114	47	65	61	61	43	104	103	59	23	23	22	71	81	78	73
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	SSW 16	S 18	S 18	S 12	SE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SE 15	SSE 14	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 9	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	S 16	S 16	—	SW 12	SW 11	—	S 23
kJ	22	203	6	6	71	10	24	22	54	76	22	10	9	17	42	39	23	20	19	—	35	19	—	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 6	SE 5	SE 6	ESE 6	SE 7	E 6	E 5	SE 8	—	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	—	ESE 8	—	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	—
kJ	—	31	62	128	149	372	71	45	600	—	840	982	973	909	—	383	—	771	391	1020	976	1265	1162	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay 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	Victoria Bay 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	Ding Dangs Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	1	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2
Distance (km)	63	327	63	63	63	63	25	43	63	63	63	63	63	43	43	63	63	63	63	63	25	25	25	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point		Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth
Rating (10 max)	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Strandfontein West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5

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