Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Margate sea temperature is
21.0°C
0.0° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 3AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (05 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the NE by Mon afternoon).

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
S
10
3
S
10
3
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.4
SSE
9
2.2
SSE
9
2.1
SSE
9
2
SE
9
1.6
SSE
8
1.4
SSE
8
1
SSW
12
1.1
SSW
11
1.1
SSW
11
1.2
SSW
11
1.2
SSW
11
1.1
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
23
1.3
SSW
22
1.8
SSW
20
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2110
1799
1465
1271
958
812
691
594
370
284
293
308
303
350
343
286
939
1570
2560
Wind (km/h)
25
S
25
SSE
15
SE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
8:15PM1.24m
9:03AM1.06m
10:36PM1.11m
12:13PM1.09m
Low Tide
2:46AM0.64m
3:25PM0.68m
5:32AM0.68m
6:27PM0.65m
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:44
5:44
5:45
 mm
1
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
18
18
17
17
16
16
17
17
18
17
17
17
17
17
18
18
17
18
17
Feels °C
13
13
14
15
13
14
13
14
16
15
15
16
16
17
17
17
16
16
15
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