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Ding Dangs surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 SAST
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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
22.3° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ding Dangs today?

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 2AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
3
SW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131312121212111111111110101117161514121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8996315774913412552742692151631571901511491381081701498279491189297314301315
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
0
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
10
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SW
5
NW
10
WNW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		glassglassoncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
1.30
12:05PM
1.51
12:59AM
1.37
1:11PM
1.57
1:55AM
1.49
1:58PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
0.93
5:18AM
0.93
6:47PM
0.85
6:43AM
0.90
7:39PM
0.74
7:40AM
0.82
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----5:33-------5:33-------5:35--
Sunset7:45-------7:45-------7:45-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------221-
Temp. °C242121201921232322212019192124242322212118171718
Feels °C (?)242223222024222121222220202224232322212115141416
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