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Fish Boma surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 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
22.1° 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 8PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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)
0
0
1
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212111111111111111010101011131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2777275625552358209618211600142012291001875725615615548551555600516391368828803885
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
W
5
NW
5
NNW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
S
0
WNW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
W
10
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononglassglassglassglassononononglasscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
1.65
4:12AM
1.66
4:16PM
1.70
4:41AM
1.73
4:46PM
1.71
5:11AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:43AM
0.30
10:01PM
0.14
10:14AM
0.24
10:29PM
0.08
10:45AM
0.20
10:57PM
0.05
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-------5:35-------5:35-------5:37
Sunset--7:40-------7:40-------7:39-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192019181817171820202018181717192022211918171719
Feels °C (?)141516171717171718181917181616191919181615151517
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