Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Margate sea temperature is
21.6°C
0.4° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 3PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (25 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (25 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 25°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, strong winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon).

Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
3
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
1
SSW
12
1
SSW
12
1
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
2.4
SSW
7
2.5
SSW
8
3
SSW
8
2.4
SSW
8
2.1
SSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
619
668
604
577
613
402
361
283
265
252
193
406
734
642
767
678
585
712
499
821
1093
763
549
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
10
NNE
0
NNW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
ESE
15
ENE
5
ESE
15
S
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:54AM1.59m
3:11PM1.75m
3:22AM1.69m
3:38PM1.85m
3:50AM1.75m
4:05PM1.91m
Low Tide
8:57AM0.11m
9:18PM0.09m
9:24AM0.01m
9:46PM0.00m
9:51AM-0.04m
10:15PM-0.04m
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light rain
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thunderstorm
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5:41
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Temp °C
20
21
24
25
23
22
23
22
21
22
24
23
22
20
20
21
21
21
22
22
20
19
19
Feels °C
20
21
23
24
22
22
25
25
23
23
25
23
25
21
19
21
19
17
17
16
13
14
13
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