Ding Dangs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.16° S 22.11° E

Issued: 1 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ding Dangs sea temperature is

16.6° 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 (21 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 8PM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	15s
Afternoon (21 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	14s
Evening (21 Jul)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 21					Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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)	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 11	SSW 11	SSW 12	SSW 18
Wave Graph
kJ	1031	1443	1403	1208	936	722	578	473	525	485	461	632	590	406	412	454	483	1027	556	751	4293
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SE	SE	ENE	NE	NE	W	WNW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	NW	N	NW	NW	NW	WSW	W	SW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	on	on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide	8:18AM1.42m				8:59PM1.56m				9:19AM1.31m				10:08PM1.47m				10:52AM1.25m
Low Tide			2:10PM0.68m				3:19AM0.83m				3:10PM0.80m				4:49AM0.87m				4:42PM0.88m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	1
Temp °C	15	16	14	13	13	13	13	12	15	16	15	13	13	12	12	12	17	16	13	13	13
Feels °C	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	10	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	14	10	11	11	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 12	SSW 18
kJ	1031	1443	1403	1208	936	722	578	473	525	485	461	632	590	406	412	454	483	594	556	751	4293
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	S 20	ESE 12
kJ	273	234	216	200	154	136	180	149	149	105	105	105	99	145	136	129	96	96	94	618	93
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 5	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 15	—	S 15	S 14	SE 14	ESE 13	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	S 21	ESE 12	ESE 12
kJ	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	22	—	69	148	47	65	26	23	16	15	9	80	94	93
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 11	SW 4	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1027	13	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	4
Distance (km)	0	183	63	43	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	2	117	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	8	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	6	9

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