Herolds Bay surf break

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2PM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (14 Sep)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (14 Sep)7ft (2.2m)13s

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

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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wed
17
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
6
SW
6
SW
6
SW
5.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131212101010131314131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)338029872661237920081807155112261100113413681471181819000000003628
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
W
0
NNW
5
SW
5
WNW
15
SSW
20
S
5
SSW
10
NW
30
WNW
35
W
35
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:48AM
1.28
8:31PM
1.29
9:55AM
1.15
11:07PM
1.21
12:21PM
1.26
12:49AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:55PM
0.66
3:15AM
0.72
4:26PM
0.78
5:57AM
0.69
6:44PM
0.66
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wed
17
Sunrise-6:31-------6:30-------6:28------
Sunset----6:20-------6:21-------6:22---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C151618181715141414141820181820181714141414131211
Feels °C (?)14151716161614141414161717151311106667787
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Herolds Bay (light winds from the S.(Wind varies from 160 to 230 degs) at George Airport 6 km from Herolds Bay). 0.2m 10s swell from the ESE to make surfable waves.

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13 km/h
S
Cross-On
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