Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Margate sea temperature is
22.1° C
0.7° 

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 (07 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 11PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jul)--
Afternoon (07 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (07 Jul)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
7
Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Fri
10
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
3
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
9
2.2
SSW
14
2.3
SSW
13
2.4
SSW
13
2.3
SSW
13
2.1
SSW
12
2.2
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
15
3
SSW
15
3
SSW
15
3
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
134
136
164
153
147
194
206
208
206
288
284
236
243
417
1835
1821
1886
1697
1200
1913
2684
3940
4196
3887
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNE
15
ENE
5
ENE
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
0
SSW
10
SSE
15
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
High Tide
8:39PM1.42m
8:59AM1.21m
9:46PM1.37m
10:21AM1.15m
11:10PM1.35m
11:57AM1.17m
Low Tide
2:09PM0.38m
3:01AM0.50m
3:07PM0.46m
4:16AM0.54m
4:26PM0.51m
5:45AM0.51m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:09
5:09
5:10
5:10
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
23
20
18
17
17
17
23
24
22
19
18
17
16
17
20
20
19
18
18
17
17
18
19
19
Feels °C
22
19
17
16
16
15
21
22
22
16
16
15
13
15
16
17
17
17
18
17
18
19
19
18
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