St Mikes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.63° S 30.55° E

Issued: 7 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's St Mikes sea temperature is

23.2°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 12PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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 61mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NE on Thu afternoon, light winds from the S by Fri night).
	Thursday 5							Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 13	ENE 6	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	SSW 10	S 12	S 15	S 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSE 6	SSE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	98	137	138	87	87	95	96	225	93	191	169	188	196	71	216	357	447	955	468	732	145	138	131	159	160
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	SSW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				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	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	5	4	8	9	14
Temp °C	21	24	26	27	25	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	22	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17
Feels °C	22	24	23	24	22	23	25	21	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	20	18	17	16	16	16	16	14	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 8	ENE 8	S 12	S 15	ENE 8	SSW 14	SSW 13	ENE 8	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	E 7	E 7
kJ	37	137	131	87	87	95	554	471	293	135	127	101	90	107	216	357	81	437	468	45	145	138	131	36	58
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	E 9	—	—	—	—	SSW 13	—	SSW 5	SSW 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	SSW 10	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	E 8	E 7	E 7	SSW 12	SSW 12
kJ	98	39	—	—	—	—	96	—	24	107	33	49	28	71	79	79	113	63	62	62	41	40	28	82	79
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 13	NE 8	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 15	E 9	SSW 15	NE 8	—	—	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	E 6	S 18
kJ	39	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	93	73	53	58	30	27	43	2	252	35	—	—	7	7	4	1	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 9	SSW 13	SSW 5	SSW 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 4	—	—	S 15	SSW 14	SSW 5	SSW 13	SSW 6	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	26	51	138	305	671	527	1009	225	61	191	169	188	196	23	—	—	447	955	54	732	126	57	34	159	160
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Sunwich Port Durban/KZN South	Sunwich Port Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	62	96	479	840	40	62	0	98	31	232	188	252	252	45	45	4	9	9	45	45	98	157	45	219	252
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast	Amanzimtoti	Reunion			Southbroom	Baggies	Country Club (African Beach)	Dairy Beach (New Pier)	The Spot					Kelso (Happy Wanderers)	Dairy Beach (New Pier)	The Spot	Amanzimtoti	Umzumbe	Addington (South Beach)	The Spot	Dairy Beach (New Pier)		The Spot
Rating (10 max)	2	1			1	4	3	2	1					3	2	3	3	4	2	2	1		2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Cape St Martin West Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Second Beach (Port St Johns) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hout Bay Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Outer Pool Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Mdumbe Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kanon Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	The Hoek Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	5	5	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4

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