Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Margate sea temperature is
22.5°C
0.4° 

Margate surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Margate today (01 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 5PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 01). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (01 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (01 Nov)--

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

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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 24°C on Sun afternoon, min 20°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sun
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
11
0.1
SW
15
0.2
SSW
15
0.7
ESE
10
0.5
SE
9
1.1
S
6
0.9
S
6
0.9
S
6
0.5
SSW
6
0.5
SW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.4
SSW
13
1.2
ESE
5
1.1
E
6
1.3
ESE
6
1.4
E
6
1.6
E
6
0.6
SSW
10
0.5
S
8
0.4
SW
10
0.5
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
9
21
0
41
77
50
49
19
85
84
65
87
75
117
125
164
72
35
26
128
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
25
ENE
30
E
15
NNE
15
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:15PM1.15m
9:41AM1.18m
10:27PM1.09m
11:36AM1.27m
Low Tide
1:59PM0.61m
2:41AM0.58m
4:12PM0.69m
4:45AM0.60m
6:07PM0.59m
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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5:01
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6:21
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6:22
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 mm
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2
1
4
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
1
2
Temp °C
24
24
22
21
21
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
21
21
22
22
Feels °C
24
22
20
20
21
20
20
21
20
20
20
19
19
20
19
19
19
20
19
24
23
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