Robberg Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.10° S 23.40° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Robberg surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 18 May 2026 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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

Today's Robberg sea temperature is 18.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Robberg today?

The current surf forecast for Robberg at 5PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 May)	4ft (1.2m)	13s
Afternoon (18 May)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Evening (18 May)	5ft (1.6m)	14s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NE by Thu morning).
	Mon 18					Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	2	2	1	3	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	569	577	517	825	904	694	591	481	430	791	815	879	879	821	629	559	623	712	816	886	886	762	703	973
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			4:48PM1.67m					5:04AM1.73m				5:35PM1.61m				5:52AM1.59m				6:26PM1.52m				6:44AM1.43m
Low Tide	10:38AM0.02m				10:52PM0.14m					11:22AM0.11m				11:42PM0.24m				12:09PM0.22m				00:37AM0.36m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—
	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	5:29
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—
Temp °C	18	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	19	21	20	19	18	17	17	18
Feels °C	18	18	16	16	17	16	16	16	17	16	14	14	13	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 8
kJ	569	577	517	825	904	694	414	392	298	424	431	330	282	245	277	193	154	118	96	94	69	80	77	662
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 8	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	WSW 12	SW 11	SSW 14
kJ	132	196	139	101	69	169	591	481	430	73	120	116	145	140	136	133	98	94	37	77	51	53	31	121
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	—	SSW 16	SE 17	SSE 16	SW 9	SSE 11	SE 15	SSE 14	—	—	—	SSW 10	SW 10	—	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SE 11	SE 11	SW 11
kJ	20	—	220	11	26	40	24	56	80	—	—	—	31	24	—	17	16	8	48	42	84	31	30	30
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	SE 6	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	E 5	E 5	E 6	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8
kJ	40	30	61	98	133	59	64	74	232	791	815	879	879	821	629	559	623	712	816	886	886	762	703	973
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	The Heads Garden Route	The Heads Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Heads Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Distance (km)	39	209	57	57	57	42	31	31	57	57	57	57	57	57	31	42	57	57	57	57	42	10	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point		Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Strandfontein West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Beach Road South Africa	Avalon-North Australia	Back Bommie Australia	San Jorge - Faja dos Cubres Portugal	Back Bommie Australia	Back Bommie Australia	Avalon-North Australia	Black Rock Australia	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Praia do Norte Portugal	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Anglet - Corsaires France	Anglet - La Barre France	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Anglet - Corsaires France	Lambe Lambe Brazil
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5

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