Herolds Bay surf break

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 13 Apr 2026 SAST
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Herolds Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Herolds Bay sea temperature is
22.0° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Herolds Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Herolds Bay at 6AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 13). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (13 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

Table - waves today at Herolds Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.2
S
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212127151514555666217720201818181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5656554623851461404230323725203651541271271933606039751415
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
N
5
NW
5
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset------6:09-------6:08-------6:07-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C191818182121212021232323252220191919191718181717
Feels °C (?)201919182120202022232223262020201919181517171616
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