Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Margate sea temperature is
22.0° C
0.9° 

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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 4PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.1m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 30). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (30 Jul)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (30 Jul)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Thu afternoon, calm by Sun morning).

Thu
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
9
3
S
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.4
SE
9
2.5
SE
9
2.4
SE
9
2.3
SE
9
2.2
SE
9
2.2
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.1
SE
10
2.1
SE
10
2.1
SE
10
2.2
SE
10
2.5
SE
11
3
SE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1169
1187
1022
1045
1118
885
1015
968
844
788
781
747
450
262
721
752
800
898
1009
1456
2387
Wind (km/h)
35
SW
40
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SW
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
High Tide
4:37PM1.64m
4:42AM1.65m
5:05PM1.70m
5:10AM1.65m
5:33PM1.72m
Low Tide
10:23AM0.10m
10:38PM0.20m
10:50AM0.06m
11:07PM0.17m
11:18AM0.05m
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:22
5:22
5:23
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
17
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
16
15
15
14
14
16
17
17
16
14
Feels °C
11
11
11
11
12
11
11
11
12
12
13
13
13
12
11
11
13
14
14
14
12
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