Ding Dangs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.16° S 22.11° E

Issued: 1 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ding Dangs sea temperature is

16.4°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 (28 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 8PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Afternoon (28 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Evening (28 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Tue afternoon, light winds from the ENE by Wed morning).
	Mon 28					Tuesday 29								Wednesday 30
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 10	SSE 10	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	286	326	332	358	454	484	520	617	638	358	395	639	574	679	868	902	955	777	898	1211	1361
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	E	ENE	E	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	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	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide			4:28PM2.22m				4:47AM2.02m					5:02PM2.16m				5:23AM1.92m				5:40PM2.03m
Low Tide	10:10AM0.18m				10:37PM0.16m				10:41AM0.23m					11:10PM0.25m				11:14AM0.33m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:32	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	14	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	20	23	21	20	23
Feels °C	13	13	11	11	10	9	9	10	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	14	18	20	18	19	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 9	ESE 10
kJ	286	326	332	358	454	484	520	617	638	358	266	160	131	679	593	521	524	186	183	969	1361
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSE 10	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SSW 16	SSW 16	SE 10	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14
kJ	61	42	26	41	25	23	23	42	80	75	121	120	116	83	226	220	122	395	368	133	116
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 8	S 16	SW 13	S 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SW 12	SW 14	—	—	—	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 16	—	SSW 15	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	1	5	26	5	22	21	22	160	—	—	—	62	94	201	—	196	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 8	E 8	ESE 4	ESE 5	E 5	E 5	—	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 8	—	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9
kJ	—	—	1	1	31	69	85	39	—	159	395	639	574	—	868	902	955	777	898	1211	1361
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Milnerton Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gordons Bay Harbour Cape Town	Gordons Bay Harbour Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Distance (km)	302	80	336	63	63	43	63	63	302	302	302	63	63	43	25	25	63	63	63	25	25
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route		Buffalo Bay Wildside		Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth				Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Herolds Bay	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)		3		3	3	3	3	3				4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	6	6	4	5	5	6	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

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