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Fish Boma surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 20 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
22.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fish Boma today?

The current surf forecast for Fish Boma at 6AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (20 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111010101011131312121212121212121212131215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6156155616105325225003913688288037547068028028027227227347467849009802147
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
15
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
E
20
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
E
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
NW
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
1.73
4:46PM
1.71
5:11AM
1.77
5:17PM
1.70
5:42AM
1.78
5:49PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:29PM
0.08
10:45AM
0.20
10:57PM
0.05
11:17AM
0.18
11:26PM
0.06
11:50AM
0.19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---5:35-------5:37-------5:37----
Sunset------7:39-------7:39-------7:39-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181718192223211918171720242424201919182022222120
Feels °C (?)181518192120181615151620232222191920192121201919
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