Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 25 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Margate sea temperature is
22.2° C
0.9° 

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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 2PM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jul)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (25 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (25 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Mon morning, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Mon afternoon).

Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
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)
4
4
4
0
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
SSW
15
1.7
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1507
1241
987
807
807
647
501
553
634
700
700
606
543
302
376
233
429
334
325
286
700
215
310
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
5
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
N
20
N
10
N
10
N
10
NE
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:44PM1.12m
1:58AM1.25m
2:31PM1.24m
2:40AM1.36m
3:07PM1.36m
Low Tide
7:28AM0.61m
7:40PM0.61m
8:19AM0.49m
8:29PM0.51m
8:56AM0.38m
9:05PM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:50
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:19
5:20
5:21
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
18
19
18
16
15
14
13
13
18
20
18
16
15
15
15
16
22
21
21
20
19
Feels °C
13
13
16
16
17
15
14
12
11
10
14
15
13
12
10
11
12
12
19
15
16
15
15
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