Herolds Bay surf break

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 12 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
22.2° C
(Which is 1.6°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 12AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 12). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)--
Afternoon (13 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (13 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)1399999999999988888888566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44043038027526923023523523018915312295909468681491454648192020
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
5
SSE
5
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
S
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscrossglassglasscross-
on
glassoncrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
1.07
12:40PM
1.17
1:25AM
1.25
1:27PM
1.33
1:55AM
1.44
2:00PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:12PM
0.86
6:33AM
0.87
7:11PM
0.70
7:30AM
0.70
7:44PM
0.53
8:01AM
0.52
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:28-------6:28--
Sunset6:52-------6:52-------6:50-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------11--------
Temp. °C302728242525272525232322212122212121201919202323
Feels °C (?)292828242626282726242423232324232321202020222525
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