Ding Dangs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.16° S 22.11° E

Issued: 1 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ding Dangs sea temperature is

15.4°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 (16 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 9PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	15s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (16 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Fri morning, light winds from the ENE by Sat morning).
	Wed 16					Thursday 17								Friday 18
	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)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SE 7	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	ESE 7	SSW 14	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	362	352	328	318	347	402	491	469	426	412	469	399	374	380	347	336	319	501	529	607	526
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				6:18PM1.73m				6:31AM1.55m				6:46PM1.56m				7:07AM1.40m				7:23PM1.40m
Low Tide		11:52AM0.53m				00:17AM0.63m				12:20PM0.70m				00:50AM0.78m				12:54PM0.88m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—	—
mm	3	1	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15
Feels °C	12	11	10	11	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 10	SSW 14	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13
kJ	269	352	139	142	171	402	491	469	426	412	469	399	374	380	347	336	319	501	487	440	362
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SW 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	E 10	E 10	—	E 10	E 11	E 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	—	—	SSW 15	S 20	—	SSW 18
kJ	362	85	328	318	347	54	72	—	72	35	36	38	38	38	20	—	—	167	7	—	31
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	80	78	78	78	78	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 7	—	—	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8
kJ	—	114	—	—	132	284	372	357	382	308	220	198	193	181	209	249	319	457	529	607	526
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Rating (10 max)	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Distance (km)	0	43	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	530	255	63	63	63	63	336	336	417	63	63
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			4	4	4	4				4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	8	8	8	7	5	4	5	6

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