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Margate surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 SAST
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Margate surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Margate sea temperature is
26.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Margate today?

The current surf forecast for Margate at 3AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 18). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (19 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.5
SSW
2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.8
S
1.6
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111111111610131313141414141414141478871313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1381351351055563692045385958008867247355774948381387686556377279269402
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
10
W
10
W
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
15
ENE
40
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:43PM
1.73
4:00AM
1.90
4:12PM
1.79
4:29AM
1.95
4:43PM
1.79
5:00AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
-0.04
10:09AM
-0.04
10:15PM
-0.09
10:39AM
-0.07
10:45PM
-0.10
11:10AM
-0.05
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-----6:00-------6:01-------6:01--
Sunset6:12-------6:10-------6:09-------
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
12----------------111111
Temp. °C252223232223262625242323232530302624232223222222
Feels °C (?)252324232325282725252423232530322321222425222019
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