Inner Pool 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.17° S 22.14° E

Issued: 1 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Inner Pool sea temperature is

15.3°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Inner Pool today (16 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Inner Pool at 9PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Evening (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s

Table - waves today at Inner Pool. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Fri morning, light winds from the E by Sat morning).
	Wed 16					Thursday 17								Friday 18
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	ESE 7	ESE 7	SW 13	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	1581	621	586	569	933	711	1180	1144	948	864	835	698	625	636	625	604	573	498	622	700	613
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide				6:18PM1.73m				6:31AM1.55m				6:46PM1.56m				7:07AM1.40m				7:23PM1.40m
Low Tide		11:52AM0.53m				00:17AM0.63m				12:20PM0.70m				00:50AM0.78m				12:54PM0.88m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—	—
mm	3	1	—	—	1	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15
Feels °C	11	11	10	11	9	9	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SSW 9	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SW 11	SSW 11	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	1581	459	586	569	933	711	1180	1144	948	864	835	698	625	636	625	604	573	455	573	700	613
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	SW 14	S 7	S 7	E 10	SSW 8	E 10	—	—	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	—	—	—	SSW 15	S 20	—	SSW 18
kJ	106	621	158	138	76	184	72	—	—	35	36	36	36	35	—	—	—	167	7	—	31
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 10	SW 9	SW 8	SSW 8	E 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	106	152	118	19	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 7	—	—	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 6	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8
kJ	—	173	—	—	132	199	244	321	352	287	244	220	201	188	254	275	361	498	622	657	561
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Rating (10 max)	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Distance (km)	2	42	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	528	257	62	62	62	62	338	339	419	62	62
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			4	4	4	4				4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	8	8	8	7	5	4	5	6

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