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Herolds Bay surf break

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 07 Feb 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
23.8° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 9AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (07 Feb)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.3
ESE
0.7
SSW
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.8
SE
1.5
SSW
2.1
SE
Period(s) (?)999999695888812101010111111108108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4039392627261515191412121298386448555745553433327360446546
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
0
ESE
5
NE
0
SSE
15
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
SW
10
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassglassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
1.68
6:47PM
1.45
7:07AM
1.53
7:16PM
1.30
7:38AM
1.37
7:52PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
0.28
12:50PM
0.42
12:47AM
0.43
1:20PM
0.55
1:15AM
0.58
1:57PM
0.69
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise---5:56-------5:58-------5:58----
Sunset------7:30-------7:30-------7:29-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------12-----13752221-1
Temp. °C222121232424232222212121222322212121212223242422
Feels °C (?)232323252424242223222122222221212121212425252522
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