Herolds Bay surf break

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 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
22.6° C
(Which is 1.5°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 7AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 21). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (21 Feb)11ft (3.5m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)11ft (3.5m)9s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
4
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.9
SE
1.2
E
1.6
SE
1.9
SE
3
ESE
3.5
ESE
4
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
E
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)107107789999888888999999912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32730527321938311371929223718791810857865547477537550595623559505488366307341
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ESE
5
ENE
5
E
20
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
25
ESE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
0
NE
10
S
10
S
20
WSW
10
NW
5
W
15
NNE
0
SSW
10
W
10
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
1.97
6:02PM
1.73
6:22AM
1.85
6:38PM
1.58
7:01AM
1.68
7:22PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
0.04
12:00PM
0.12
12:04AM
0.14
12:37PM
0.25
12:40AM
0.30
1:20PM
0.41
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:09-------6:11-------6:11----
Sunset------7:16-------7:15-------7:14-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------2---------
Temp. °C202020212324232122222325272424262525252423242221
Feels °C (?)202122232322202024242528292624282826282625252423
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