Herolds Bay surf break

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.2°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 6AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 7s 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 (26 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (26 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
E
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
E
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
E
0.6
SSW
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)9111111810101013812121212121111111111118158
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2102972261869063761262489481191151081401371401401351071071118214843
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NW
0
N
5
ENE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
W
5
W
15
SSW
10
S
10
SW
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
NNW
5
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
1.22
9:31AM
1.21
11:13PM
1.20
12:02PM
1.25
12:48AM
1.38
1:12PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
0.74
4:26PM
0.73
5:47AM
0.73
6:30PM
0.62
7:12AM
0.56
7:27PM
0.45
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:39----
Sunset------6:34-------6:32-------6:30-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C201919192120201818181820232220202020192021202019
Feels °C (?)212021202018191819191921232320212119181919181918
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