Fish Boma Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Fish Boma surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 19 May 2026 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 17.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fish Boma today?

The current surf forecast for Fish Boma at 2PM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 May)	6ft (1.9m)	8s
Afternoon (19 May)	7.5ft (2.3m)	8s
Evening (19 May)	10ft (3.0m)	8s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 24°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 19							Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	512	429	413	645	1094	1422	1313	1137	765	709	848	875	870	919	829	745	982	781	659	428	370	322	273	229
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NNE	W	SW	WNW	NW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross
High Tide		5:04AM1.77m				5:35PM1.65m				5:52AM1.63m				6:26PM1.56m				6:44AM1.47m				7:26PM1.46m
Low Tide				11:22AM0.11m				11:42PM0.25m				12:10PM0.22m				00:38AM0.37m				1:02PM0.34m				1:44AM0.50m


	7:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:18
	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	5:30
mm	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	19	20	18	17	17	17	17	17	19	22	19	19	17	17	17	19	23	24	20	17	17	17
Feels °C	15	16	18	18	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	20	17	18	16	16	15	17	22	23	19	17	17	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	375	429	413	431	330	325	202	199	231	162	120	116	94	69	68	745	682	554	475	428	370	322	273	229
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	512	380	386	74	102	116	111	106	104	131	99	58	56	43	84	80	78	123	118	138	134	120	116	89
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14	—	—	—	SSW 10	SSW 9	—	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 16	SSE 12	SSW 9	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	WSW 11	SSE 11	S 13	SSW 20	SSW 12	S 12
kJ	48	44	81	—	—	—	19	17	—	17	16	16	24	14	8	32	31	30	11	11	14	38	51	42
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	—	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	—	E 8	E 8	E 8	—	—	SW 2	WSW 3	WSW 3
kJ	75	77	—	645	1094	1422	1313	1137	765	709	848	875	870	919	829	—	982	781	659	—	—	1	2	3
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Distance (km)	1	0	0	379	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point		Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Keurbooms	Brak River	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kanon Overberg	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3
Header Global	Avalon-North Australia	Black Rock Australia	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Afife Portugal	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Crazy Left Portugal	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Anglet - Corsaires France	Arrifana Portugal	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Anglet - Corsaires France	Lambe Lambe Brazil	Cathedral Rock Australia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Bali Village Indonesia	Pauba Brazil	Bondo Kodi Indonesia	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4

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