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Herolds Bay surf break

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 12 Jan 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Herolds Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Herolds Bay at 2AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (13 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (13 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
ESE
0.4
E
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)148899998888888899171688121012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18091189699101767352515049333236363839168612353530292377
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SSW
0
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassononononglassglassglassglassonononcrossoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:43PM
1.10
12:08PM
1.27
1:08AM
1.19
1:16PM
1.35
1:58AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:22PM
0.75
5:24AM
0.80
6:56PM
0.68
7:01AM
0.74
7:51PM
0.57
7:57AM
0.63
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----5:31-------5:33-------5:33--
Sunset7:45-------7:45-------7:45-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------131-
Temp. °C232121202020222221202019192123232222222118171718
Feels °C (?)252323222222222120212220202223232323232015141516
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