Fish Boma surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 09 May 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
18.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fish Boma today?

The current surf forecast for Fish Boma at 5PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.2m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 May)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 May)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (09 May)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 46mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sat night, strong winds from the NW by Mon afternoon).

Sat
9
Sunday
10
Monday
11
Tue
12
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
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
0
2
0
0
0
2
8
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.3
SE
12
2.2
SE
11
2
SE
11
1.8
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
2.1
WSW
7
3
WSW
9
4
WSW
10
4
WSW
11
4.5
WSW
11
5
WSW
11
3.5
SW
11
3
SW
12
3
WSW
12
5
WSW
10
5.5
SW
13
6
SW
13
6
SW
13
5.5
SW
13
5
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2293
2096
1713
1674
1438
1183
952
743
564
419
1583
2607
4071
4585
5650
2878
2121
2700
5327
11611
11323
11115
9795
8555
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
10
SE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
15
WNW
5
NNW
15
NW
35
WNW
25
W
25
W
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
30
NW
50
NW
40
W
25
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
8:05AM1.16m
9:24PM1.20m
9:49AM1.13m
10:53PM1.28m
11:21AM1.19m
11:55PM1.42m
Low Tide
2:38PM0.62m
3:45AM0.72m
4:07PM0.61m
5:16AM0.62m
5:23PM0.54m
6:19AM0.47m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:09
7:09
7:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:39
5:38
5:37
5:37
1
1
1
4
8
9
7
9
Temp °C
17
19
17
16
18
17
16
16
16
16
13
13
13
13
12
12
17
20
19
17
16
16
15
15
16
17
15
13
16
14
14
12
8
11
8
4
4
5
6
7
10
10
12
13
11
11
10
11
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.3
SE
12
2.2
SE
11
2
SE
11
1.8
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.3
SE
11
1.1
SE
11
0.9
SE
10
0.7
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
4
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
3
SW
12
0.8
S
11
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
SSE
12
Energy kJ
2293
2096
1713
1674
1438
1183
952
743
564
371
282
177
104
85
3869
2878
2121
149
52
37
23
23
14
14
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
SW
13
1
SW
13
1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.2
E
9
0.4
SE
13
0.3
E
9
0.6
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
1
S
10
0.5
SE
12
Energy kJ
590
590
590
513
485
451
392
340
335
330
299
6
46
14
98
73
221
72
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.3
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
6
0.2
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.4
SSW
12
0.5
SE
12
0.1
E
9
Energy kJ
18
8
16
7
3
6
14
14
7
50
72
2
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
E
4
1
E
5
0.5
W
3
1.4
W
6
2.1
WSW
7
3
WSW
9
4
WSW
10
4
WSW
11
4.5
WSW
11
5
WSW
11
0.7
NW
5
3
WSW
12
5
WSW
10
5.5
SW
13
6
SW
13
6
SW
13
5.5
SW
13
5
SW
13
Energy kJ
12
43
5
119
419
1583
2607
4071
4585
5650
22
2700
5327
11611
11323
11115
9795
8555
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
3
9
4
4
9
Distance (km)
0
16
0
0
0
1
0
0
429
3
4
183
652
849
37
37
649
605
592
616
183
404
414
3
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
9
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
9
4
4
9
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
9
5
4
5
4
4
4
9
9
7
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
9
6
6
6
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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