Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Margate sea temperature is
21.4°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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 21s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 4PM is: 0.9m 23s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 06). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (06 Sep)5ft (1.5m)21s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Sun night, fresh winds from the NE by Tue afternoon).

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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)
0
0
1
2
3
4
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
11
1.1
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
23
1.3
SSW
22
1.8
SSW
20
3
SSW
19
3.5
SSW
18
3.5
SSW
17
3.5
SSW
16
3
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
16
2.2
S
15
2
S
14
1.8
S
14
1.6
S
14
1
S
12
1.2
S
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.8
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
343
286
939
1570
2586
6258
8205
7564
5522
4065
2831
2090
1663
1317
957
284
473
238
156
158
117
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:13PM1.09m
00:53AM1.21m
1:34PM1.29m
1:53AM1.38m
2:20PM1.50m
Low Tide
6:27PM0.65m
7:16AM0.52m
7:44PM0.47m
8:05AM0.33m
8:29PM0.29m
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:45
5:45
5:45
 mm
2
2
1
Temp °C
18
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
19
19
19
18
17
16
16
17
20
21
20
18
18
Feels °C
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
13
12
11
12
13
14
16
16
15
15
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