Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Issued: 7 pm 13 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Margate sea temperature is
23.3° C

1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year

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 (14 Jun):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Jun, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jun, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jun, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 3AM is: 2.4m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm June 13). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jun)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (14 Jun)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (14 Jun)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the SW by Mon morning).

Sat
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
4
4
1
1
2
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSW
12
2.2
SSW
14
2.4
S
14
2.4
S
14
2.4
S
14
2.1
SSW
14
2
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
2.4
SSW
13
2.5
SSW
12
2
SSW
8
1.8
S
8
2
SSW
9
2
S
12
2
SSW
11
1.9
SSW
11
1.6
SSW
11
1.5
SSW
11
1.5
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
937
1842
2374
2313
2280
1605
1398
1249
1073
1057
946
828
938
1847
1869
426
407
573
1136
984
813
634
494
467
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
5
ESE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NE
15
ENE
5
NNE
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
10
SE
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
High Tide
2:25PM1.48m
2:45AM1.69m
3:14PM1.57m
3:32AM1.72m
4:00PM1.63m
4:18AM1.72m
Low Tide
8:25PM0.21m
9:03AM0.13m
9:15PM0.15m
9:48AM0.08m
10:03PM0.12m
10:32AM0.06m
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light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
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part cloud
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:54
6:54
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5:02
5:02
5:02
5:02
 mm
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
19
17
17
17
16
15
19
20
20
19
19
19
19
17
18
19
19
17
17
18
17
18
18
19
Feels °C
18
17
16
16
14
12
16
18
20
19
18
17
13
10
11
14
15
14
14
16
15
16
16
17
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSW
12
2.2
SSW
14
2.4
S
14
2.4
S
14
2.4
S
14
2.1
SSW
14
2
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
13
1.4
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.1
ENE
8
1.2
SSW
12
1.1
SSW
12
1.7
S
9
2
S
12
2
SSW
11
1.9
SSW
11
1.6
SSW
11
1.5
SSW
11
1.5
SSW
11
Energy kJ
937
1842
2374
2313
2280
1605
1398
1249
1073
1057
946
828
214
165
138
420
355
452
1136
984
813
634
494
467
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
14
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.8
E
6
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
1.2
ENE
6
1.3
ENE
7
1.5
ENE
7
1
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
1.1
SSW
12
0.7
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
Energy kJ
293
106
102
73
71
39
47
45
44
107
145
225
119
74
339
58
42
29
25
26
27
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
E
11
0.1
NE
7
0.6
ESE
6
0.5
E
10
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
NE
7
0.4
NE
7
0.3
NE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.2
NNE
6
0.1
S
18
Energy kJ
110
2
22
49
27
25
14
43
25
18
7
16
4
6
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NE
7
0.8
ENE
4
0.9
ENE
5
0.9
E
6
1
ENE
6
1.2
ENE
6
1.4
ENE
6
1.6
ENE
7
1.8
NE
7
1.7
SSW
13
2.4
SSW
13
2.5
SSW
12
2
SSW
8
1.8
S
8
2
SSW
9
Energy kJ
2
22
42
50
65
90
150
222
321
938
1847
1869
426
407
573
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
4
4
4
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
Distance (km)
0
0
40
19
0
0
90
127
76
0
0
0
40
157
338
747
202
0
0
0
0
0
0
93
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Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
9
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
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