Fish Boma surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 23 Oct 2025 SAST
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Fish Boma surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fish Boma sea temperature is
18.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fish Boma today?

The current surf forecast for Fish Boma at 7AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (23 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (23 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

Table - waves today at Fish Boma. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
2
1
0
0
1
3
3
4
4
5
3
1
2
3
2
2
3
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)13121212121118161615141413131212111212111110108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1305104388073465550671996427212650280131393145289120961713123611211058860716731650352
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
SSW
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
5
SSE
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
1.65
4:17PM
1.72
4:35AM
1.60
4:43PM
1.64
5:02AM
1.52
5:09PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
0.11
10:07AM
0.20
10:27PM
0.16
10:33AM
0.26
10:53PM
0.23
11:00AM
0.34
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise---5:37-------5:35-------5:35----
Sunset------6:47-------6:47-------6:49-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1-111--
Temp. °C212222232120191716151518202019181716151515151616
Feels °C (?)202120211919171514131418181717181615141313121212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent on-shore wind 54 km from Fish Boma has fallen light (light winds from the NNW at George Airport). Waves cleaning up. 1.8m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 5s windswell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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