Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Issued: 1 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Margate sea temperature is

22.5°C

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 4PM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a 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 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave 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)

	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 Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	SW 15	SSW 15	ESE 10	SE 9	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 6	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 13	ESE 5	E 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	SSW 10	S 8	SW 10	SSW 15
Wave Graph
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)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	E	NNE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	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


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	—	—	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
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	S 6	S 6	E 10	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	E 10	SSE 6	E 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 15
kJ	226	181	143	75	48	44	50	49	162	20	20	21	66	51	72	114	100	72	92	64	128
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 7	NE 7	E 7	E 7	SSW 6	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	E 10	SSW 11	E 10	SE 9	SW 12	S 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	67	67	63	95	37	24	46	32	19	85	84	65	58	68	79	98	3	22	35	22	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	SW 15	SSW 15	E 8	SE 9	ESE 11	NE 7	E 10	SE 5	SSE 5	ESE 9	SE 9	SSW 6	SW 12	SE 9	SE 9	—	—	SW 12	SW 10	E 9
kJ	30	9	21	21	41	39	22	53	13	10	8	3	13	69	3	3	—	—	22	26	15
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 2	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 6	S 6	SE 5	—	NE 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 5	E 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	1	16	57	73	92	77	11	—	7	198	230	267	87	75	117	125	164	264	356	385	471
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Siyayi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	2
Distance (km)	9	9	281	283	283	76	129	157	76	90	127	127	127	236	210	206	236	210	281	794	127
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast	Vetchs Reef	Lucien				The Spot	Dairy Beach (New Pier)		Wedge		Reunion	Reunion	Reunion								Reunion
Rating (10 max)	3	2				1	1		1		1	1	1								2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kamer Van Cape Town	Paranoia Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Header Global	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Hanalei Bay United States	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lebu Chile	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lebu Chile	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Boners United States	Boners United States	Buchupureo Chile	Benkunqut Indonesia
Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

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