Inner Pool Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Inner Pool surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 19 May 2026 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Inner Pool surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Inner Pool sea temperature is 17.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Inner Pool today?

The current surf forecast for Inner Pool at 7PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 May)	6.5ft (2.0m)	8s
Afternoon (19 May)	7ft (2.1m)	8s
Evening (19 May)	10ft (3.0m)	8s

Table - waves today at Inner Pool. (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 night. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Tue night, calm by Thu night).
	Tue 19					Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 9	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSW 18
Wave Graph
kJ	458	565	1082	1364	1284	1103	829	770	878	931	909	502	1123	1051	906	602	516	450	394	353	280	244	197	249
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	NNE	NE	NE	NNW	W	SW	SSW	NNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	glassy	cross-off
High Tide				5:36PM1.87m				5:52AM1.86m				6:28PM1.78m				6:45AM1.68m				7:27PM1.68m				7:47AM1.52m
Low Tide		11:15AM0.24m				11:32PM0.42m				12:00PM0.36m				00:27AM0.55m				12:52PM0.50m				1:37AM0.69m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—
	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:34	—	—	—	—	5:34
mm	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	19	18	18	18	19	21	22	18	16	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	17	17	14	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	17	17	19	20	20	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SW 12	SW 12	SE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	458	290	205	202	138	136	103	103	91	51	50	502	778	766	681	602	516	450	394	353	280	244	197	197
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 9	SSW 15	SW 12	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 18	SSW 18
kJ	277	75	73	116	111	106	103	98	73	8	47	50	42	80	77	89	118	114	109	98	71	69	188	249
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 15	E 11	—	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	S 16	SSW 9	SSW 15	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	S 8	S 8	SSE 11	SSW 21	SSW 20	SSW 20	SSW 19	SW 12	SW 11
kJ	54	2	—	19	19	17	17	16	17	20	8	43	35	19	19	6	6	12	44	76	127	125	68	64
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	—	—	—	SW 3	SW 4	—	SW 4	—	—
kJ	59	565	1082	1364	1284	1103	829	770	878	931	909	386	1123	1051	906	—	—	—	3	6	—	8	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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	Inner Pool Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	42	304	62	62	62	42	62	62	62	62	62	24	24	24	24	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Fish Boma		Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Herolds Bay	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Brak River	Brak River	Brak River	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)	3		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Noncom (Cape Recife) Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Header Global	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Boneyard Australia	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Crazy Left Portugal	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Anglet - Corsaires France	Arrifana Portugal	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Afife Portugal	Anglet - Corsaires France	Lambe Lambe Brazil	Lambe Lambe Brazil	Balimbing Indonesia	Balephetrish (Tiree) United Kingdom	Pauba Brazil	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Itaúna Brazil	Itaúna Brazil	Papatowai New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	6

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