St Mikes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.63° S 30.55° E

Issued: 7 am 01 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 (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 4s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for St Mikes at 2PM is: 1.1m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 01). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	4s
Evening (01 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 24°C on Sun morning, min 19°C on Mon morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 1							Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	SW 15	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	S 5	S 6	S 6	SE 6	S 6	S 6	ESE 5	ESE 6	E 6	E 5	E 6	E 6	SSW 9	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	0	0	8	42	99	109	92	64	42	29	17	23	40	19	19	58	71	62	65	134	204	25	23
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on
High Tide		7:46AM1.25m					8:15PM1.15m				9:40AM1.18m				10:27PM1.09m					11:36AM1.26m
Low Tide				1:59PM0.61m					2:41AM0.58m				4:11PM0.69m				4:45AM0.60m					6:07PM0.59m


	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	4	6	3	1	1	2	1	2	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	1	1
Temp °C	21	23	24	23	21	21	21	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22
Feels °C	22	24	22	21	18	19	19	19	20	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	20	18	23	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	E 8	E 7	E 7	SSE 6	S 5	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 9	S 9	E 10	E 9
kJ	250	210	147	120	65	54	51	53	42	29	128	125	94	19	90	68	72	100	98	40	40	90	85
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	SE 10	SE 9	E 7	E 7	SE 5	S 6	SE 9	ESE 9	SE 5	S 6	SSW 10	S 10	S 10	E 8	SW 17	SSW 9	S 8
kJ	19	41	67	67	64	99	46	43	34	32	12	23	13	8	13	12	21	49	46	1	11	25	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 8	SW 15	SW 15	E 8	NE 7	NE 7	E 11	ESE 10	E 10	S 6	SE 9	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 6	SSW 12	SE 9	SE 9	—	E 8	SSW 10	S 15	SSW 15
kJ	30	17	8	9	34	23	25	20	35	54	17	14	17	16	18	13	3	3	—	1	9	5	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSW 3	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	SE 5	—	NE 7	ENE 3	SE 6	E 10	E 4	ESE 5	ESE 6	E 6	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7
kJ	—	—	9	42	99	109	92	64	20	—	15	3	40	188	19	58	71	62	65	134	204	250	270
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2
Distance (km)	4	4	250	252	252	45	98	188	45	121	96	96	96	205	179	179	205	179	250	821	96	96	96
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier)	Lucien				The Spot	Dairy Beach (New Pier)		Dairy Beach (New Pier)		Reunion	Reunion	Reunion								Reunion	Reunion	Reunion
Rating (10 max)	3	2				1	1		1		1	1	1								2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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