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 Tuesday 19 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 18.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Robberg today?

The current surf forecast for Robberg at 6PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 May)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Afternoon (19 May)	10ft (3.0m)	8s
Evening (19 May)	10ft (3.0m)	8s

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 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 24°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Tue afternoon, calm by Fri morning).
	Tue 19					Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
	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)	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	1	2	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	430	865	1103	1052	1028	764	725	760	728	679	789	785	727	646	606	790	643	414	359	310	264	229	229	190
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	WNW	SW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				5:35PM1.61m				5:52AM1.59m				6:26PM1.52m				6:44AM1.43m				7:26PM1.43m				7:46AM1.29m
Low Tide		11:22AM0.11m				11:42PM0.24m				12:09PM0.22m				00:37AM0.36m				1:02PM0.33m				1:43AM0.49m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—
	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—	—	—	5:29
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	20	18	18	17	17	17	17	20	21	20	19	18	17	18	20	24	24	19	17	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	18	17	14	14	14	14	14	15	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	19	23	23	18	17	16	15	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8
kJ	310	480	380	330	245	245	235	193	154	118	96	94	69	80	77	536	460	414	359	310	264	229	229	190
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSW 15	SW 12	SW 11	SSW 14	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	430	73	102	116	147	140	136	133	99	57	78	54	84	66	31	121	118	138	136	122	144	114	112	110
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 14	—	—	—	SW 10	SSW 9	—	SSW 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 9	SE 11	SE 11	SW 11	SW 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 10	SW 4
kJ	80	—	—	—	25	28	—	18	17	8	48	42	8	31	30	30	30	22	11	13	47	43	33	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	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	E 8	—	SW 2	SW 3	WSW 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	WSW 4
kJ	108	865	1103	1052	1028	764	725	760	728	679	789	785	727	646	606	790	643	—	1	2	5	9	11	16
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	The Heads Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	39	420	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	10	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	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	Goukamma River Mouth	Keurbooms	Dias Beach	Brak River	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)	3		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Koeel Bay Overberg	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	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	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Noncom (Cape Recife) Eastern Cape (S)	Kanon Overberg	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	3	3	3
Header Global	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bankvaults Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Boneyard Australia	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Crazy Left Portugal	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Anglet - Corsaires France	Arrifana Portugal	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Afife Portugal	Anglet - Corsaires France	Lambe Lambe Brazil	Lambe Lambe Brazil	Balimbing Indonesia	Balephetrish (Tiree) United Kingdom	Pauba Brazil	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Itaúna Brazil	Itaúna Brazil	Papatowai New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	6

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