Ding Dangs Surf Forecast

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Ding Dangs surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 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 18.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ding Dangs today?

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 1PM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s
Evening (21 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s

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

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	Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Fri 24
	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	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	17	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	384	384	390	384	373	344	436	1174	1596	1479	1174	874	683	560	469	359	294	260	252	186	386	915	978	807
Wind (km/h)	SE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	SSE	N	WNW	SW	SW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:18AM 1.92				3:28PM 2.08				3:44AM 1.93				3:53PM 2.06				4:10AM 1.91				4:17PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			9:10AM 0.34				9:33PM 0.30				9:34AM 0.34				9:57PM 0.30				9:59AM 0.38				10:22PM 0.34

	Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Fri 24
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	19	20	19	16	16	16	16	20	27	28	21	21	24	21	19	20	22	21	19	17	16	15
Feels °C (?)	14	14	17	17	16	14	14	16	16	20	26	27	19	21	23	20	18	18	20	18	16	16	15	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Ding Dangs (light winds from the ESE.(Wind varies from 090 to 150 degs) at George Airport 29 km from Ding Dangs). 1.5m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 5s windswell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 23 minutes ago Ding Dangs

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29 km away, 2 h 23 min ago

19 km/h

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18.1

Air / Water (°C)

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