Herolds Bay Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 18 May 2026 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 17.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Herolds Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Herolds Bay at 8PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 18). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 May)	2.5ft (0.8m)	12s
Afternoon (18 May)	2.5ft (0.7m)	12s
Evening (18 May)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 18					Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu 21
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	0	1	3	4	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 13	S 12	SE 6	SE 6	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 9	E 9	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	134	156	139	138	142	308	375	335	446	735	1021	1123	1081	919	798	643	679	875	1081	1039	964	1357	1373	1068
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	NE	ENE	E	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide			4:47PM1.81m					5:04AM1.86m				5:34PM1.74m				5:51AM1.71m				6:25PM1.64m				6:44AM1.54m
Low Tide	10:37AM0.03m				10:52PM0.16m					11:22AM0.12m				11:42PM0.26m				12:09PM0.24m				00:38AM0.40m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:18	—
	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:34	—	—	—	—	5:34
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	2	—	—	1	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	17	18	18	17	16	19	20	19	19	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	17	16	15	16	15	15	18	16	18	18	18	15	18	18	17	15	19	17	18	18	18	17	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 15	SW 14	SW 13	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SSE 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	444	398	685	658	651	308	375	335	357	330	286	239	166	199	196	151	127	71	69	69	964	891	800	739
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SW 12	SSE 12	SSW 15	SSW 15	SW 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14
kJ	134	156	139	101	70	437	341	291	54	75	71	118	111	106	103	99	92	57	47	43	35	80	77	104
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	SSW 16	—	S 17	SE 16	SSE 11	SSE 16	SSE 15	—	—	—	—	SSW 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSE 12	SSW 15	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	21	147	—	6	11	25	24	44	—	—	—	—	18	17	16	16	16	8	8	14	84	33	30	18
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 6	SE 5	SE 6	SE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	—	E 9	E 9	E 8
kJ	—	30	77	138	142	60	41	41	446	735	1021	1123	1081	919	798	643	679	875	1081	1039	—	1357	1373	1068
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	1	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	40	304	40	40	40	40	0	18	40	40	40	40	40	18	18	40	40	40	40	40	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point		Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth
Rating (10 max)	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Strandfontein West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Beach Road South Africa	Avalon-North Australia	Back Bommie Australia	San Jorge - Faja dos Cubres Portugal	Back Bommie Australia	Back Bommie Australia	Avalon-North Australia	Black Rock Australia	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Praia do Norte Portugal	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Anglet - Corsaires France	Anglet - La Barre France	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Anglet - Corsaires France	Lambe Lambe Brazil
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5

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