Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Margate sea temperature is
20.3°C
0.7° 

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) - 7ft (2.2m), 7s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 2AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 29). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (30 Aug)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (30 Aug)4ft (1.2m)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 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Sat night, calm by Sun night).

Sat
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
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
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
12
0.6
S
12
0.6
S
12
0.5
S
11
2.2
SSW
6
2.4
SSW
7
1.9
SSW
8
1.6
S
7
1.3
S
6
1.2
S
6
0.9
SSW
6
1.1
S
6
1.1
S
9
0.9
SSW
9
0.8
SSW
9
0.7
SSW
9
0.7
SSW
8
0.5
SSW
8
0.5
SSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
139
103
99
64
368
590
395
262
136
106
57
83
210
139
92
68
62
38
36
Wind (km/h)
35
NE
25
NNE
15
N
40
SW
45
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
10
SSW
0
SW
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
10
SW
5
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
4:36PM1.83m
4:45AM1.73m
5:03PM1.85m
5:13AM1.71m
5:32PM1.81m
Low Tide
10:42PM0.04m
10:49AM-0.04m
11:11PM0.04m
11:17AM-0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:39
5:40
5:40
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
22
20
20
19
19
19
20
20
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
19
19
18
18
Feels °C
18
17
18
13
12
14
17
17
18
19
20
19
19
18
16
17
18
18
19
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