Herolds Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.05° S 22.36° E

Issued: 1 pm 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Herolds Bay sea temperature is

15.9°C

Herolds Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Herolds Bay today (07 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Herolds Bay at 5PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 07). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (07 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (07 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 7					Thursday 8								Friday 9
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 15	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	94	94	94	122	125	3487	133	208	260	240	200	190	70	122	125	125	94	92	67	65	64
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	ESE	E	NNE	WNW	W	WSW	SSW	SSW	S	SW	WSW	SSW	N	N	SSW	S	S	SSW	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	glassy	cross	glassy	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	on	on	glassy	glassy
High Tide		1:44PM1.75m					2:03AM1.66m				2:19PM1.88m				2:38AM1.76m				2:51PM1.96m
Low Tide					8:04PM0.23m				8:09AM0.20m				8:38PM0.12m				8:41AM0.12m				9:08PM0.05m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	18	16	15	13	13	12	12	16	19	18	16	15	15
Feels °C	11	10	11	11	13	12	11	14	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	15	17	15	15	16	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SSW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12
kJ	2830	2686	2860	2899	3326	3487	3622	3622	3238	2662	2457	2155	1949	1979	2379	2693	2887	2843	2362	1908	1494
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9
kJ	94	94	94	122	125	133	133	208	260	240	200	190	52	122	125	125	94	92	67	65	64
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	E 4	ESE 5	E 10	E 10	—	E 10	—	E 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	17	14	162	161	—	96	—	70	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	E 3	E 4	—	—	—	—	SW 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	5	9	—	—	—	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Long Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	5	1	5	1	5	5	3	4	1	4	1	1	1	4	5	2	1	1
Distance (km)	40	229	371	40	0	0	0	21	21	25	18	0	18	0	0	0	21	57	25	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point			Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Brak River	Brak River	Brak River	Santos Reef	Santos Reef	Goukamma River Mouth	Outer Pool	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Santos Reef	Buffalo Bay	Santos Reef	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth
Rating (10 max)	5			5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	3	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4
Header Global	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	The Hoek South Africa	Heaven South Africa	Batu Hiu Indonesia	Hell South Africa	Benkunqut Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Keramas Indonesia	Boneyards South Africa	Outside Corner Indonesia	Desert Point (Bangko-Bangko) Indonesia	Dolphin Point South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa	Hullets Reef South Africa	Hullets Reef South Africa	Grindavik Antenas Iceland	Boneyards South Africa
Rating (10 max)	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Herolds Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Herolds Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Herolds Bay today (07 Oct):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website