Ding Dangs surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 31 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
22.7° 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 9PM is: 0.5m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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

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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)111110191817171616151414141313131312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186146110210596120319071728141513401294899712595577491426339328250246242229221
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
E
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:58PM
1.96
3:25AM
2.00
3:39PM
2.03
4:04AM
2.10
4:16PM
2.06
4:40AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:52AM
0.47
9:15PM
0.32
9:34AM
0.36
9:50PM
0.24
10:11AM
0.30
10:23PM
0.20
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------5:52-------5:52-------5:54
Sunset--7:37-------7:37-------7:36-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252423222222212225242422222121222424242423232222
Feels °C (?)252322232424242426232323242324252424232524252423
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