Herolds Bay surf break

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 02 Jul 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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Herolds Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Herolds Bay at 7AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 02). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 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 (02 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (02 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (02 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.7
SSW
0.3
SSE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
1.1
E
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.6
SW
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.4
ESE
1.4
S
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)813131612999985667768888888871010101010101010101111101414131312131313141415151514141414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6854552515252375049104988096138164228477927278202140796349314035104523333302930291729285926562253604889464244864647463744854224386629803029232621571608141113421173806501
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
5
W
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
25
W
25
W
35
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
0
N
5
NNE
5
SE
5
NE
10
N
10
NW
5
NW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
1.27
8:50PM
1.42
9:12AM
1.19
9:51PM
1.35
10:33AM
1.14
11:05PM
1.33
11:58AM
1.17
12:16AM
1.35
1:04PM
1.25
1:13AM
1.42
1:53PM
1.34
2:00AM
1.50
2:34PM
1.45
2:41AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:19AM
0.60
2:13PM
0.56
3:15AM
0.66
3:06PM
0.66
4:24AM
0.69
4:18PM
0.72
5:42AM
0.67
5:41PM
0.73
6:50AM
0.61
6:54PM
0.67
7:42AM
0.52
7:48PM
0.59
8:24AM
0.42
8:32PM
0.49
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Sunrise---7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35
Sunset------5:31-------5:31-------5:32-------5:32-------5:34-------5:34-------5:35-----
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)1413131416151515171613131614131212111010131615121298799108986543356556710111198871012121111101010
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