Herolds Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.05° S 22.36° E

Issued: 1 am 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Herolds Bay sea temperature is

16.5°C

Herolds Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Herolds Bay today (11 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Herolds Bay at 5AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 11). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Afternoon (11 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Evening (11 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun night, min 15°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the E by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	6
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 11	SSW 8	SSW 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 10	SSW 15	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	33	35	36	122	221	191	152	139	124	138	272	111	1332	2256	2643	2372	2389	2200	2151	3143	2676	2273	2180	3017
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WNW	WNW	SSE	SSE	ESE	E	ESE	WNW	SSW	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	E	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	on	on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide		3:33AM1.88m				3:50PM2.06m				4:04AM1.89m				4:20PM2.04m				4:35AM1.85m				4:49PM1.97m
Low Tide				9:39AM-0.01m				10:04PM-0.01m				10:09AM-0.01m				10:34PM0.02m				10:37AM0.05m


	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	16	15	15	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	18	17	17
Feels °C	16	15	16	17	16	15	17	16	16	17	17	18	17	16	17	18	15	12	15	14	14	15	15	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 8	S 8	S 7	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SE 7	SW 15	SSW 15	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SW 14	SW 14	ESE 10
kJ	969	802	721	563	221	191	152	435	369	357	114	773	1332	2256	2643	2372	2389	2200	1693	1508	1261	988	777	2201
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 11	SSW 8	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	S 7	SSE 7	SE 7	SW 12	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	S 8	SE 13	SSW 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 14
kJ	33	35	36	122	473	457	442	139	124	106	224	97	114	158	142	7	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	743
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 10	E 10	E 10	SE 13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	3	4	4	21	21	21	21	20	18	138	272	111	8	8	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SE 7	ESE 7	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 10
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	285	178	699	882	1283	2151	3143	2676	2273	2180	3017
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Hawston Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	3	1	2	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6
Distance (km)	18	18	0	23	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	94	18	18	40	40	40	279	300	40	40	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Keurbooms	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Santos Reef	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Santos Reef	Keurbooms	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point			Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5			5	5	6
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Kamer Van Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6
Header Global	Trial Harbour Australia	Little Wanganui New Zealand	Blaketown Wedge New Zealand	Tessellated Pavements Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	White Rock - The Spit New Zealand	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	Gerickes Point South Africa
Rating (10 max)	9	7	5	9	9	9	9	9	8	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	7	9	8	6	6	6	6	6

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Ben Mondy

Summer School: The Timeline of The Boardshort

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Herolds Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Herolds Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Herolds Bay today (11 Sep):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Summer School: The Timeline of The Boardshort

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website