Ding Dangs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.16° S 22.11° E

Issued: 7 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Ding Dangs sea temperature is

16.7°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 (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 1PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	15s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	9s
Evening (13 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Sun morning, light winds from the SE by Mon afternoon).
	Sunday 13							Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	1	2	3	1	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 15	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	SSW 16	SSW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	1358	1133	1569	955	999	1884	2667	1820	1522	1172	970	880	778	720	653	672	622	561	545	486	422	464	322
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	NE	N	NW	SSW	SSE	SE	E	NE	N	NW	NW	NW	WNW	SSW	SE	E
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	on	cross-on	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on
High Tide	4:38AM2.01m				4:54PM2.13m					5:07AM1.93m				5:23PM2.03m				5:35AM1.83m				5:51PM1.89m
Low Tide			10:33AM0.20m				10:56PM0.28m				10:59AM0.28m					11:23PM0.37m				11:25AM0.39m


	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	2	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	18	19	18	17	18	19	21	20	18	16	16	15	15	16	17	17	21	23	21	17	17
Feels °C	14	12	16	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	16	16	17	15	13	15	16	16	19	22	20	17	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 15	ESE 9	SSW 15	SSW 14	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	E 11
kJ	1358	1118	1026	706	585	1381	1893	1820	1522	1172	970	880	778	720	653	672	622	561	545	486	422	297	247
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSW 15	S 11	—	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 6	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SSW 19	SSW 18	SSW 16	SW 10
kJ	—	—	822	2	—	439	352	282	269	189	181	133	127	34	137	90	88	55	46	117	270	464	157
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 12	SW 6	SSW 5	WSW 5	SSW 17	SSW 16	SW 12	S 10	S 9	SSW 16
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	121	58	4	5	29	53	47	7	2	322
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	—	—	—	—	SW 3	SSW 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 3	—	—
kJ	1168	1133	1569	955	999	1884	2667	—	—	—	—	5	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	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	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Distance (km)	63	63	63	63	63	43	43	25	2	0	0	0	2	62	43	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	43
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Santos Reef	Herolds Bay	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Herolds Bay	Fish Boma	Herolds Bay	Goukamma River Mouth
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Noncom (Cape Recife) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Vleesbaai Overberg	Fish Boma Garden Route	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Header Global	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	Fish Boma South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Injidup Carpark Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Namotu Lefts Fiji	Restaurants Fiji	Frigates Fiji	Gas Bay Australia	Cintsa West South Africa	Hole-in-the-Wall South Africa	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Supertubes Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Cow Bombie Australia	Aganoa Beach Samoa	Saint Leu Reunion	Saint Leu Reunion
Rating (10 max)	9	8	7	6	5	5	7	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	6

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Ben Mondy

Summer School: The Timeline of The Boardshort

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Ding Dangs surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Ding Dangs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Ding Dangs today (13 Sep):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Summer School: The Timeline of The Boardshort

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website