Margate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.86° S 30.37° E

Issued: 7 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Margate sea temperature is

22.7°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 (29 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate at 2PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Afternoon (29 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Evening (29 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NE by Fri morning).
	Thursday 29							Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	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)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SW 13	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	380	380	341	334	299	299	236	231	204	177	209	141	141	125	101	99	45	67	65	64	38	38	39
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		5:09AM1.64m				5:26PM1.67m				5:49AM1.53m				6:07PM1.50m				6:38AM1.39m				6:58PM1.32m
Low Tide				11:12AM0.12m				11:39PM0.16m				11:54AM0.26m				00:22AM0.30m				12:45PM0.44m


	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:03	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	20	21	21	20	19	18	18	17	19	21	22	21	20	19	19	18	20	22	23	22	21	20
Feels °C	18	20	19	17	17	16	15	15	13	14	15	17	17	16	15	15	14	15	17	19	18	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	380	380	341	334	299	299	236	231	204	177	144	141	141	125	101	99	84	67	65	64	53	38	39
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 6	SSW 20	SW 20	SW 18	SW 18	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	43	30	40	97	119	157	132	129	113	79	77	53	53	51	49	46	45	44	44	39	38	37	37
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SW 12	SSW 20	SW 11	SW 18	SSW 18	SW 17	SSW 17	SSW 17	S 8	—	—	—	SW 16	—	—	—	—
kJ	12	12	12	11	11	10	5	38	18	84	63	77	58	28	1	—	—	—	10	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ENE 7	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8
kJ	—	—	49	27	44	68	91	129	152	163	209	275	326	379	483	556	589	573	543	596	653	784	724
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	To Strand Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Country Club (African Beach) Durban/KZN South	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	1	1	4	3	3	3	4	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	19	99	1107	127	127	127	130	131	132	573	747	857	857	593	593	429	296	349	562	561	561	429	90
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast	Country Club (African Beach)	Reunion		Reunion	Reunion	Reunion	Country Club (African Beach)	Battery Beach	Country Club (African Beach)
Rating (10 max)	2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Hell West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	6	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4

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