Surf Forecast Surf Report
Herolds Bay surf break

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 02 May 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
16.4° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Herolds Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Herolds Bay at 10AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 02). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 3.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)0.5ft (0.2m)20s
Afternoon (02 May)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (02 May)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
E
0.4
E
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.5
SSW
1.5
S
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
S
2.2
SSW
2
S
2
S
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)20201111111111121212111111111111111111101010101010101011101010912121212121111111010101314131313131212121212121514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3837393820532056215323032332213718531628142613631065103082875050549527430625520916317316311075494626403999949184797642402514971889213020361944171116311498129011329707617501895162214651269
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
5
NW
10
N
5
NNW
5
ENE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
W
5
SW
15
S
0
S
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
0
ENE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NE
15
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
20
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
0
N
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onglassoffglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:04PM
1.44
7:24AM
1.34
8:19PM
1.32
8:51AM
1.19
10:08PM
1.28
10:50AM
1.16
11:39PM
1.35
12:11PM
1.24
12:35AM
1.46
1:00PM
1.34
1:13AM
1.56
1:36PM
1.44
1:46AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:45PM
0.43
1:16AM
0.59
1:46PM
0.59
2:45AM
0.72
3:18PM
0.69
4:50AM
0.74
5:04PM
0.68
6:16AM
0.65
6:14PM
0.61
7:05AM
0.54
7:00PM
0.53
7:39AM
0.43
7:35PM
0.45
8:08AM
0.34
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:07-------7:07-------7:07-------7:09-------7:09-------7:11--
Sunset----5:49-------5:47-------5:46-------5:45-------5:45-------5:44-------5:43-------
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Rain (mm)
---1--------------------------------------------------------
Temp. °C121314141514141413131516151414151515192019191920201920191716161515151717161615151515171717161616151516161615161615162122
Feels °C (?)79991111121210111312111112131212171817171617171618171715151414141717161715151515171616161515151414121212151513152122
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