St Mikes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.63° S 30.55° E

Issued: 1 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's St Mikes sea temperature is

23.0°C

St Mikes 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 St Mikes today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for St Mikes at 4AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	12s
Evening (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 51mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.
	Thursday 5								Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	ENE 6	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 6	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	SSW 9	S 9	S 15	S 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 5	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSE 6	SSE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	93	98	137	175	87	87	95	96	95	95	157	190	235	192	66	130	352	537	236	257	138	145	754	129	154	156
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NE	NE	NE	WSW	NNE	NNW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	1:06AM1.29m				1:27PM1.53m				1:48AM1.41m					2:03PM1.63m				2:23AM1.50m				2:35PM1.69m				2:54AM1.56m
Low Tide			7:05AM0.39m				7:46PM0.32m				7:46AM0.29m					8:19PM0.22m				8:20AM0.21m				8:49PM0.15m


	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	6:25
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	4	5	6	10	12
Temp °C	21	21	24	26	27	25	24	26	22	22	23	23	23	22	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16
Feels °C	23	22	23	23	24	28	24	28	19	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	22	20	17	17	16	15	16	16	13	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 9	E 9	ENE 8	S 9	S 15	ENE 8	SSW 14	SSW 13	E 8	SSW 13	S 5	SSW 12	E 7	SSW 12
kJ	38	37	137	131	87	87	713	589	396	275	221	194	96	94	119	130	352	83	236	257	42	145	57	129	40	107
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 13	E 9	—	—	—	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	NE 8	NE 8	SSW 9	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	SSW 12	E 8	SSW 12	E 7
kJ	93	98	39	—	—	—	95	96	95	64	64	31	50	48	66	69	83	113	65	63	41	42	136	41	81	36
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	NE 8	SSW 15	SSW 15	—	—	NE 7	—	E 8	—	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	39	39	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	30	28	28	130	252	—	—	8	—	29	—	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	NE 8	—	SSW 5	SSW 6	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 4	—	—	S 15	S 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 6	SSW 12	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	—	—	66	175	315	587	1266	—	55	95	157	190	235	192	26	—	—	537	29	35	138	105	754	59	154	156
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	68	96	592	466	307	40	0	131	45	169	764	775	45	45	45	31	9	45	45	98	251	251	252
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1				1	3		2				2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	3	1	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	8	9	8	7	7	6	5	5

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