Ding Dangs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.16° S 22.11° E

Issued: 7 pm 21 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ding Dangs sea temperature is

15.0°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 (22 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ding Dangs at 12AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Afternoon (22 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s
Evening (22 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 21			Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
	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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	SW 12	SSW 15	E 6	E 7	ESE 7	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	114	144	242	253	266	145	198	195	147	147	143	151	192	202	202	176	169	140	135
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	WNW	NNE	N	W	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	glassy	glassy
High Tide				1:13AM1.46m				1:39PM1.61m				1:47AM1.62m					2:05PM1.78m
Low Tide		7:13PM0.86m				7:19AM0.71m				7:44PM0.69m				7:49AM0.56m					8:12PM0.53m


	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	—
Temp °C	18	16	16	16	17	20	26	29	26	19	22	23	22	19	20	19	18	16	16
Feels °C	16	14	15	16	17	21	26	28	26	19	23	24	22	19	19	19	18	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 15	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	SSW 13	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8
kJ	114	144	242	117	153	145	128	132	147	147	143	151	192	202	202	176	169	140	115
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 15	E 8	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSE 7	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	S 10
kJ	75	73	20	84	78	78	198	195	9	127	125	121	119	79	78	57	56	55	69
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	—	S 15	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	S 11	S 11	S 10	SW 11
kJ	—	—	—	120	116	105	120	—	5	15	15	9	30	29	44	38	36	32	29
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 6	E 7	—	—	—	ESE 7	—	—	—	WSW 2	SW 3	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	—	S 8
kJ	94	45	58	253	266	—	—	—	143	—	—	—	1	2	3	4	11	—	135
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Hawston Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Dias Beach Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	276	63	43	43	25	25	25	25	25	2	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)		2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	9	5	4	5	9	9	8	9	9	9	4	7	7	6	6	5	5

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