Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 30 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Margate sea temperature is
20.4°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Margate today (30 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 3PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 30). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (30 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (30 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sun morning, calm by Tue night).

Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
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
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
11
1.8
SSW
6
1.5
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
1.2
S
6
1.1
S
6
1
S
6
0.8
SSW
8
1.1
S
10
0.9
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
9
0.8
SSW
9
0.8
SSW
9
0.6
SSW
8
0.5
SSW
8
0.5
SSW
8
1.2
NE
5
1.3
NE
5
1.4
NE
5
1.3
ENE
6
0.4
SW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.7
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
63
263
176
155
112
85
66
78
214
145
124
94
88
55
38
38
65
89
102
100
51
123
183
Wind (km/h)
40
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
0
WNW
10
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
0
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
4:45AM1.73m
5:03PM1.85m
5:13AM1.71m
5:32PM1.81m
5:42AM1.64m
6:02PM1.73m
Low Tide
10:49AM-0.04m
11:11PM0.04m
11:17AM-0.01m
11:41PM0.09m
11:46AM0.06m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:16
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:40
5:40
5:42
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
19
20
21
20
19
19
19
18
17
17
18
18
18
18
18
18
16
17
20
21
21
19
19
Feels °C
14
16
18
17
18
19
20
18
17
16
17
16
18
18
19
18
15
17
19
21
22
20
22
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