Ding Dangs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.16° S 22.11° E

Issued: 7 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 (29 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 2AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	10s
Afternoon (29 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Evening (29 Sep)	8ft (2.4m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Tue afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Wed morning).
	Mon 28			Tuesday 29								Wednesday 30
	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	2	0	0	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 10	SSE 10	ESE 7	E 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	332	347	454	474	520	584	600	358	610	554	655	679	935	902	955	777	878	1238	2084
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	E	ENE	E	ENE	E	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ESE	E	E	ENE	NE
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	cross-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			10:37PM0.16m				10:41AM0.23m					11:10PM0.25m				11:14AM0.33m


	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:32	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	14	14	13	14	16	17	16	15	15	14	15	16	20	22	21	20	23
Feels °C	11	11	10	11	10	10	12	11	9	10	11	11	13	13	19	19	18	19	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 10	SSE 10	SSW 14	SSE 9	SSE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	SSW 14	ESE 9	ESE 10
kJ	332	347	454	474	520	584	600	358	121	280	111	679	593	521	597	777	183	969	1361
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SSE 10	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 14	SW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14
kJ	26	41	25	23	23	42	80	127	335	120	116	83	226	220	196	186	368	133	116
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	SW 13	S 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SW 12	SW 14	SSW 8	—	—	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 16	—	SE 11	—	—	—	—
kJ	5	26	5	22	21	22	160	13	—	—	62	94	201	—	90	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 4	ESE 5	E 5	E 5	E 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	E 7	ESE 8	—	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	—	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10
kJ	1	1	21	66	71	104	116	159	610	554	655	—	935	902	955	—	878	1238	2084
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay 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	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	4	5
Distance (km)	251	63	63	43	43	63	302	302	302	63	63	43	25	43	63	63	255	25	25
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route		Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth				Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point		Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)		3	3	3	3	3				4	4	4	3	4	4	4		4	5
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	6	4	5	5	6	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	9	5

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