Ding Dangs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.16° S 22.11° E

Issued: 1 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ding Dangs sea temperature is

16.0°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 SSE 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) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 8PM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 29). 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)	7.5ft (2.3m)	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 14°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Tue afternoon, calm by Thu afternoon).
	Tue 29					Wednesday 30								Thursday 1
	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	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SSE 10	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	600	358	395	475	500	581	804	836	955	777	948	1323	1601	1448	729	772	579	567	512	471	408
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	E	E	ENE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	ESE	WNW	WNW
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	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy
High Tide				5:02PM2.16m				5:23AM1.92m				5:40PM2.03m				6:03AM1.79m				6:22PM1.85m
Low Tide	10:41AM0.23m					11:10PM0.25m				11:14AM0.33m				11:45PM0.38m				11:52AM0.49m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:32	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	17	16	15	14	15	14	16	20	22	21	19	22	23	24	27	31	33	30	17	17
Feels °C	11	11	10	10	10	12	11	14	18	19	17	17	20	20	20	22	25	30	30	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
kJ	600	358	266	218	181	581	519	521	547	186	183	1044	1332	1448	729	772	579	567	512	471	408
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10
kJ	80	127	121	120	116	83	226	220	196	395	368	133	116	113	249	59	119	57	40	40	38
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SSW 8	—	—	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 16	—	SE 11	—	—	—	—	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	160	6	—	—	62	94	201	—	90	—	—	—	—	183	70	68	66	40	39	37	37
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	—	N 2	N 4	NNW 4	N 4	—	SSW 4	—
kJ	35	154	395	475	500	—	804	836	955	777	948	1323	1601	—	2	12	19	7	—	11	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Gordons Bay Harbour Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	302	302	302	63	63	43	25	25	63	63	63	43	25	25	62	25	43	2	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route				Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Victoria Bay	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Herolds Bay	Goukamma River Mouth
Rating (10 max)				4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Hoek Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	9	9	9	9	7	6	6	5

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