Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 09 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Margate sea temperature is
21.5° C
0.5° 

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 (09 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 7s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 10PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Aug)--
Afternoon (09 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (09 Aug)8ft (2.5m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 43mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun night, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sun night, calm by Wed morning).

Sun
9
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
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
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSW
14
2.3
SSW
6
3
SSW
7
2.5
SSW
8
3.5
SSW
8
3.5
S
9
3.5
S
9
3.5
S
9
3
S
9
3
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.4
SSE
8
2.1
SSE
8
1.7
SE
8
1
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
11
1.2
SSW
14
2.1
SSW
13
2
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1206
393
826
842
1667
1861
1797
1903
1666
1317
998
800
597
381
389
508
577
1474
1279
Wind (km/h)
35
SSW
35
SW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
1:52AM1.40m
2:26PM1.42m
2:43AM1.54m
3:11PM1.60m
Low Tide
7:30PM0.48m
8:12AM0.35m
8:31PM0.32m
8:57AM0.19m
9:17PM0.19m
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:29
5:29
5:30
 mm
1
1
1
3
10
3
5
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
Temp °C
19
18
16
15
14
16
15
15
16
15
14
14
14
14
15
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
15
12
8
8
6
8
7
7
9
10
10
10
9
10
11
11
11
12
12
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