Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Issued: 7 am 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Margate sea temperature is

22.8°C

Margate 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 Margate today (30 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 6s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 2PM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Afternoon (30 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	6s
Evening (30 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 18°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Friday 30							Saturday 31								Sunday 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	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)	SE 10	SE 10	NE 6	NE 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SW 13	SE 9	SE 9	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	NE 8	ENE 8	SW 11	SSW 11	SSW 15	SW 15	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	204	177	178	236	141	125	101	99	45	67	65	40	38	37	37	36	0	0	30	12	21	34	0
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	W	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		5:49AM1.53m				6:07PM1.50m				6:38AM1.39m				6:58PM1.32m				7:46AM1.25m					8:15PM1.15m
Low Tide				11:54AM0.26m				00:22AM0.30m				12:45PM0.44m				1:16AM0.46m				1:59PM0.61m


	5:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:03	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:21	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	7
Temp °C	17	20	22	22	21	20	19	19	18	20	22	23	22	21	20	20	21	23	23	23	22	21	21
Feels °C	14	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	16	17	19	19	19	17	19	24	21	19	22	21	22	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8
kJ	204	177	144	141	141	125	101	99	84	67	65	53	53	52	36	36	527	384	335	277	231	186	94
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	NE 7
kJ	113	79	77	53	53	51	49	46	45	44	44	40	38	37	37	36	30	40	67	67	60	59	65
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	SW 18	SSW 18	SW 17	SSW 17	SSW 17	S 8	S 8	—	—	SW 16	—	—	—	—	—	SE 9	SE 8	SW 11	SSW 11	SSW 15	SW 15	ESE 9
kJ	13	84	63	77	58	28	1	1	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	19	17	30	12	21	34	33
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	—	—	SSW 3	SW 4	SSW 5	S 5
kJ	102	122	178	236	292	331	511	572	661	606	612	629	653	671	885	735	684	—	—	3	22	63	109
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Morgans Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Port St Johns Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Wreck Garden Route	Mapelane KZN North	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	4	2	2	4	4	4	2	3	1	2	3	2	1	1
Distance (km)	130	127	619	619	780	619	562	384	281	296	561	619	349	349	116	90	27	128	109	747	338	9	52
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast	Country Club (African Beach)	Reunion															Lucien	Vetchs Reef				Dairy Beach (New Pier)	Dairy Beach (New Pier)
Rating (10 max)	2	2															3	3				1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Jongensfontein Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kamer Van Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Groenvlei Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Tahai Chile	Lebu Chile	Lebu Chile	Lebu Chile	Nine Mile New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Afife Portugal	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Ahijedero Mexico	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	8	7	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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