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Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 15 Feb 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
23.7° C
 (Which is 2.4°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: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (15 Feb)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (15 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
4
2
1
1
4
4
4
4
2
4
2
2
4
4
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
ESE
2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1
E
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121212888991616161515159
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2866250822481677124194974661653646542939937548466082677388010291136152716111786173
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
N
5
WNW
15
WSW
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
5
SW
10
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffcross-
off		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:59PM
1.67
3:21AM
1.74
3:28PM
1.78
3:49AM
1.87
3:57PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
0.38
9:12PM
0.20
9:27AM
0.24
9:38PM
0.09
9:56AM
0.13
10:05PM
0.00
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise-6:03-------6:05-------6:05------
Sunset----7:22-------7:22-------7:21---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171720202119192020222526252527282723242323212121
Feels °C (?)151517151615171919212425242628282722252424232222
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