Moonlight Bay Surf Forecast

/ Overberg (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Moonlight Bay surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 05 Sep 2025 SAST

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Moonlight Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Moonlight Bay sea temperature is 15.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Moonlight Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Moonlight Bay at 7AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	13s
Afternoon (05 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	13s
Evening (05 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	13s

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

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		Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	0	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	13	13	13	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	350	446	819	1070	895	851	800	1012	1806	2441	2228	2137	1883	1725	1534	1250	1092	977	844	826	894	1106	1394	1622
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:35AM 1.33					2:01PM 1.42				2:11AM 1.45				2:33PM 1.57				2:46AM 1.54				3:06PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				7:51AM 0.24					8:11PM 0.25				8:23AM 0.12				8:45PM 0.11				8:54AM 0.03

		Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	14	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	15	16	16	14
Feels °C (?)	13	10	11	11	12	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	11	11	10	7	8	7	7	6	9	8	8	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Overberg

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Moonlight Bay (calm at Elgin Exp Farm 26 km from Moonlight Bay). 1.7m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.7m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.6m 4s local chop, also from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 28 minutes ago Moonlight Bay

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26 km away, 2 h 28 min ago

4 km/h

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15.7

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