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Ding Dangs surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am 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
22.4° 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 3AM is: 1.6m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (12 Jan)--
Evening (12 Jan)--

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
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)201918161615141413131312121212111111111110101118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)151417831810201113151191899631499491341255299222215200157190151149138135151510
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
0
SSE
5
WSW
5
SW
0
WSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
ENE
0
NNE
5
NE
5
E
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glasscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscrossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:47PM
1.32
10:40AM
1.50
11:31PM
1.30
12:05PM
1.51
12:59AM
1.37
1:11PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:39AM
0.89
5:27PM
0.93
5:18AM
0.93
6:47PM
0.85
6:43AM
0.90
7:39PM
0.74
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:31-------5:33-------5:33----
Sunset------7:45-------7:45-------7:45-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222221232524242121201920232322202019192123232221
Feels °C (?)252523252524242224222022232220212220202122212121
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