Ding Dangs surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 25 Apr 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
19.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ding Dangs today?

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 4AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (25 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (25 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon afternoon).

Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
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
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
ESE
9
1.1
ESE
9
1.2
ESE
9
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
9
1.6
SW
8
1.6
SW
9
1.8
SW
9
2
SW
10
2.1
SSW
10
2
SSW
11
2.3
SSW
11
2.4
SSW
11
3
SW
11
4
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
222
189
232
190
190
132
132
101
90
66
48
78
78
74
372
384
475
697
882
871
1244
1333
2498
3820
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
SW
15
S
5
E
0
N
5
WSW
0
W
0
N
5
S
10
S
25
SW
30
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
35
W
30
W
35
W
35
WSW
30
W
20
W
25
WNW
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:25AM1.37m
00:06AM1.59m
12:40PM1.48m
1:01AM1.73m
1:27PM1.59m
Low Tide
5:39AM0.79m
5:51PM0.74m
6:48AM0.65m
6:49PM0.63m
7:32AM0.52m
7:30PM0.53m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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7:01
7:01
7:03
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5:57
5:55
5:54
1
1
2
Temp °C
24
23
23
29
27
21
18
18
17
17
17
20
21
17
16
15
14
13
13
15
15
15
14
13
23
21
21
26
24
20
19
20
18
19
18
20
19
13
10
10
8
6
6
7
6
8
8
8
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
ESE
9
1.1
ESE
9
1.2
ESE
9
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.6
E
8
1.6
SW
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
2.1
SSW
10
2
SSW
11
0.4
ESE
10
0.3
E
10
2.5
SSW
11
2.5
SSW
11
Energy kJ
222
189
232
190
190
132
132
101
90
66
48
78
78
74
52
384
40
45
882
871
33
17
1520
1725
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSW
11
0.6
SSW
11
0.6
SSW
12
0.6
SSW
11
0.5
SW
11
0.5
SW
11
0.4
SSW
4
0.6
SSW
11
0.6
SW
6
0.6
SW
6
0.5
SW
7
0.6
SW
8
0.6
SW
8
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSW
15
0.6
E
8
0.2
SSW
14
0.2
SSW
13
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.1
S
19
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
Energy kJ
121
97
90
87
61
61
5
76
32
27
22
36
39
20
21
52
18
17
45
49
49
7
18
18
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
10
0.2
S
10
0.2
S
8
0.2
S
8
0.2
S
9
0.2
S
9
0.4
SW
11
0.2
SSW
12
0.3
SW
11
0.2
SSW
11
0.2
SSW
11
0.2
SSW
11
0.2
SSW
10
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSW
15
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
13
Energy kJ
8
8
6
5
6
6
43
14
18
12
12
12
11
20
21
18
17
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
N
2
0.3
NNW
3
0.3
SW
2
0.6
S
4
1.5
SW
5
1.6
SW
8
3
WSW
9
1.8
SW
9
2
SW
10
0.4
WNW
3
0.8
W
4
2.3
SSW
11
2.4
SSW
11
3
SW
11
4
SW
11
Energy kJ
1
1
1
9
115
372
1497
475
697
5
19
1244
1333
2498
3820
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
Distance (km)
25
4
2
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
80
260
551
692
873
419
419
419
327
327
327
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
8
5
8
6
6
7
7
9
9
8
7
5
6
6
6
5
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