Herolds Bay Surf Forecast

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South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Herolds Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 14 Nov 2025 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 19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Herolds Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Herolds Bay at 8AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 14). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Evening (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

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		Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	ESE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSW	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	6	11	11	11	10	10	8	10	7	9	9	10	10	8	9	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	39	81	173	135	242	229	194	58	122	57	154	199	175	204	273	426	1459	1553	1435	2661	2491	2240	1990	1545
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	NNW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:41PM 1.22				12:08PM 1.46				12:39AM 1.32				12:53PM 1.56				1:20AM 1.42				1:28PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				5:43AM 0.62				6:42PM 0.54				6:37AM 0.54				7:22PM 0.43				7:18AM 0.47				7:53PM 0.34

		Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	17	19	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	18	18	17
Feels °C (?)	15	16	18	19	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	13	13	13	13

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