Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Issued: 1 pm 30 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Margate sea temperature is
23.0° C

1.4°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 (30 Jun):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jun, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jun, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 5PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm June 30). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jun)6ft (1.8m)14s
Afternoon (30 Jun)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (30 Jun)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the SSW by Thu afternoon).

Tue
30
Wednesday
1
Thursday
2
Fri
3
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
4
2
4
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
12
1
SSW
12
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
3
SSW
7
3.5
SSW
8
3.5
SSW
10
3.5
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
12
4
SSW
12
4.5
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1002
874
731
476
468
331
269
269
192
189
249
233
288
422
411
697
585
893
1820
2407
3377
3798
5268
6827
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
0
W
10
NE
20
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
N
25
NNE
15
ENE
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
25
SW
35
W
45
SSW
45
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
4:19PM1.49m
4:26AM1.55m
4:52PM1.52m
4:57AM1.56m
5:24PM1.55m
5:28AM1.55m
Low Tide
10:07AM0.22m
10:18PM0.30m
10:38AM0.19m
10:51PM0.29m
11:09AM0.17m
11:24PM0.30m
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:07
5:07
5:07
5:07
 mm
Temp °C
17
17
18
17
17
17
16
16
23
24
20
19
18
17
17
18
22
21
19
18
18
18
17
19
Feels °C
17
18
18
15
14
14
13
13
19
23
20
19
17
16
16
15
14
12
10
11
12
11
9
9
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
1.7
ENE
7
1.6
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.5
E
7
1.5
E
8
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
0.9
NE
8
0.6
NE
8
0.5
NE
9
0.5
NE
8
0.5
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
E
13
Energy kJ
1002
874
731
476
468
331
269
269
192
189
297
247
203
251
265
697
585
88
55
38
35
34
24
56
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
E
8
0.8
E
9
0.9
E
9
0.9
E
9
0.9
E
9
0.8
E
9
0.8
E
8
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
12
1
SSW
12
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1.2
E
8
1
NE
8
0.7
E
8
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.3
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.3
NE
8
Energy kJ
69
101
127
125
119
94
92
26
26
249
233
288
422
411
181
116
66
40
37
24
17
31
11
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSW
16
0.5
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.8
NE
8
0.9
E
8
0.1
E
15
0.2
E
14
Energy kJ
51
142
181
153
203
79
105
4
15
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
ENE
3
0.5
NE
3
1.1
NE
4
1.6
NE
6
1.9
NE
6
1.9
ENE
7
2
ENE
7
2
ENE
7
0.4
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
0.8
SW
4
1.6
SW
5
3
SSW
7
3.5
SSW
8
3.5
SSW
10
3.5
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
12
4
SSW
12
4.5
SSW
13
Energy kJ
5
5
41
165
287
345
363
400
2
2
16
138
893
1820
2407
3377
3798
5268
6827
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
4
4
5
9
8
Distance (km)
0
0
127
90
126
90
90
90
109
157
0
0
0
0
0
52
52
120
794
76
0
24
19
40
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Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
4
7
8
9
9
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Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
4
7
8
9
9
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
8
5
7
6
6
5
7
8
9
9
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