Ding Dangs surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Apr 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
20.6° C
(Which is 1.9°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 5AM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (16 Apr)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (16 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
1
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
1
0
3
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
2.5
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161515141414141313131212121111111011111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2511212819041608125810878998868116436065205044583253594554535381306396397388301
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
5
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
15
S
15
S
35
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
25
W
15
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
15
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44AM
2.11
3:05PM
1.97
3:19AM
2.21
3:41PM
2.03
3:55AM
2.24
4:18PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:30PM
0.27
8:59AM
0.15
9:03PM
0.18
9:33AM
0.08
9:38PM
0.14
10:07AM
0.07
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:56----
Sunset------6:07-------6:06-------6:05-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------13-------
Temp. °C171616161920191717171717181818151414151518201816
Feels °C (?)16151515181817171716161616161691210101114171515
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