Herolds Bay Surf Forecast

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Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 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 18.0° C
(Which is 1.1°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 11AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s
Evening (18 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	2	0	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	0	2	3	4	4	4	2	1	2	3	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2013	1840	1649	1487	1230	1173	1412	1438	1342	1323	1126	603	393	982	952	782	1201	784	729	705	540	479	386	328
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	WSW	S	S	ESE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	NE	NW	WNW	SW	S	SSW	WNW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					2:02PM 1.62				2:16AM 1.61				2:34PM 1.77				2:47AM 1.71				3:03PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		7:55AM 0.38					8:19PM 0.34				8:27AM 0.25				8:50PM 0.22				8:55AM 0.16				9:17PM 0.14

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	13	17	18	18	17	17	18	18	19	23	19	18	16	16	15
Feels °C (?)	10	10	11	11	12	13	11	11	10	10	14	13	13	15	15	17	17	17	20	16	16	16	15	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Herolds Bay (moderate winds from the W at George Airport 6 km from Herolds Bay). A 2.8m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here
1 hour 57 minutes ago Herolds Bay

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1 h 57 min ago

22 km/h

Cross-Off

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