Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Dolphin Point today (22 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Dolphin Point at 1AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Aug) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (22 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 12s |
| Evening (22 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Dolphin Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 771 | 757 | 511 | 534 | 426 | 661 | 753 | 637 | 480 | 400 | 604 | 1027 | 990 | 914 | 1013 | 1069 | 1069 | 911 | 854 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | on | glassy | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | cross-on | on | glassy |
High Tide | 10:47PM1.22m | 12:35PM1.21m | 00:45AM1.33m | 1:31PM1.37m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:09PM0.96m | 6:14AM0.88m | 6:46PM0.91m | 7:25AM0.73m | 7:39PM0.75m | ||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  | |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:08 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 |
| kJ | 771 | 757 | 511 | 534 | 426 | 661 | 753 | 637 | 480 | 400 | 604 | 1027 | 990 | 914 | 1013 | 1069 | 1069 | 911 | 854 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | SW 7 | E 8 | SW 15 | SW 14 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 |
| kJ | 372 | 278 | 172 | 204 | 121 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 187 | 1 | 57 | 169 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 8 | E 9 | E 4 | SSW 14 | SW 11 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 6 | 6 | 8 | 213 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 3 | E 4 | E 4 | — | — | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 7 | 12 | 11 | — | — | 2 | 20 | 62 | 100 | 176 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 188 | 133 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 74 | 0 | 70 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 133 | 113 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Overberg | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Dolphin Point surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest