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Herolds Bay surf break

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 18 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
22.3° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 4AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 18). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)6ft (1.9m)14s
Afternoon (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
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)
4
4
1
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
4
4
0
1
0
1
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1
E
1.9
SSW
0.9
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.9
SE
2.1
SE
Period(s) (?)16159148888881313999121212991111116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1997206915814471131158663616011981245343315383368344339299257356505813345
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSW
0
WSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
W
10
W
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
NE
10
E
20
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		onononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
1.98
4:26PM
1.90
4:45AM
2.03
4:57PM
1.89
5:15AM
2.03
5:28PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05PM
0.00
10:25AM
0.06
10:33PM
-0.03
10:56AM
0.03
11:01PM
-0.02
11:27AM
0.05
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:09----
Sunset------7:20-------7:19-------7:17-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222321212323232222212021222322212120202122222120
Feels °C (?)232423222323232423222122222321212221212221191717
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