Mbotyi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.46° S 29.74° E

Issued: 1 am 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Mbotyi sea temperature is

21.9°C

Mbotyi 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 Mbotyi today (30 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Mbotyi at 4AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Afternoon (30 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s
Evening (30 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 17°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sunday 1
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	208	204	154	147	227	242	257	273	297	268	598	276	349	349	349	585	506	443	190	157	127	103	103	199
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on
High Tide			5:50AM1.48m				6:08PM1.46m				6:40AM1.35m				7:00PM1.28m				7:49AM1.22m					8:19PM1.12m
Low Tide	11:39PM0.16m				11:55AM0.27m				00:23AM0.30m				12:46PM0.44m				1:19AM0.45m					2:03PM0.60m


	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:03	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	6
Temp °C	16	16	20	23	24	22	19	18	18	17	21	25	25	23	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	21	20	19
Feels °C	14	14	18	20	20	19	16	16	16	15	19	23	23	21	18	21	24	24	21	20	19	19	20	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ENE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	208	204	154	147	123	123	103	103	84	84	276	55	54	54	40	318	257	229	190	157	127	103	103	80
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	SSW 15	SW 18	SW 14	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SE 9	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 11
kJ	60	89	79	33	54	33	52	46	27	44	68	40	38	37	37	39	37	19	79	68	68	50	46	44
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 19	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	S 8	S 8	SSW 16	—	SW 13	—	—	—	—	SSW 12	SSW 11	SE 11	SSW 11	SW 15	SW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SW 14
kJ	71	74	33	30	30	30	1	1	25	—	44	—	—	—	—	14	13	33	12	9	8	21	21	33
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	—	SW 3	SSW 5	SSW 7	SSW 7	S 7
kJ	86	74	95	146	227	242	257	273	297	268	598	276	349	349	349	585	506	443	—	8	113	257	238	199
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Kellys Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Keurbooms Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Wreck Garden Route	Siyayi KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	4	1	3	4	3	3	1	4	2	2	1	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3
Distance (km)	216	220	220	219	216	484	773	656	504	490	359	193	259	338	472	373	259	0	0	0	656	218	662	326
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast												Queensberry Bay	Igoda				Igoda	Haga-Haga	Periwinkles	Hole-in-the-Wall
Rating (10 max)												4	4				4	4	4	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Seal Point Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Santos Reef Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Outer Pool Garden Route	Gansbaai Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Outer Pool Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3
Header Global	Shipstern Bluff Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Lebu Chile	Lebu Chile	Lebu Chile	Nine Mile New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Afife Portugal	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico
Rating (10 max)	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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