Margate Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Margate sea temperature is
22.0° C
0.6° 

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 (22 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 3AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (22 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (22 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Wed morning). Mainly strong winds.

Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SE
12
1.3
SE
11
1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SE
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
12
2
SSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
425
418
480
544
665
732
692
553
465
357
295
261
205
582
427
396
317
575
299
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
15
N
20
NNE
15
N
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
10
S
15
SW
30
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:39PM1.31m
8:53AM1.11m
9:39PM1.19m
10:19AM1.03m
Low Tide
2:08PM0.46m
2:55AM0.60m
2:58PM0.59m
4:08AM0.68m
4:20PM0.69m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:16
5:17
5:17
 mm
1
Temp °C
20
19
19
18
17
16
22
23
21
20
19
19
18
17
19
20
19
19
19
Feels °C
20
19
18
17
16
13
19
19
18
19
16
15
15
14
16
18
19
18
15
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