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Ding Dangs surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 08 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 1.6°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 5PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (08 Jan)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (08 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.3
SW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.5
SSE
1.1
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)101011101012121212121111101010101015141413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3844344118331042142513101178122011601023815650472356383226352508571651538413333
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
25
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
15
E
10
E
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:05PM
1.67
7:38AM
1.79
7:46PM
1.53
8:25AM
1.67
8:35PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
0.63
1:00AM
0.55
1:43PM
0.75
1:39AM
0.67
2:36PM
0.85
2:28AM
0.79
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-------5:28-------5:30-------5:31
Sunset--7:46-------7:46-------7:45-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262525222120202021212120191919202223222020202022
Feels °C (?)232223201818201920181817161717181918171718202124
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