St Mikes Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.63° S 30.55° E

St Mikes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 09 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's St Mikes sea temperature is
21.8° C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at St Mikes today (09 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for St Mikes at 6AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 09). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (09 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (09 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Sun morning, near gales from the SSW by Sun night).

Sunday
9
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
16
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
5
1.1
SSW
5
3
SSW
6
3
SSW
9
3
S
9
3
S
9
3
S
9
3
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
8
2.3
SSE
8
2.1
SSE
8
1.8
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
8
1.6
SSE
8
1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.7
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
75
75
77
153
135
115
78
72
623
1640
1365
1444
1454
1232
998
936
720
578
392
327
366
437
471
437
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
20
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
55
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:36AM1.27m
1:27PM1.23m
1:52AM1.40m
2:26PM1.42m
2:43AM1.54m
3:11PM1.60m
Low Tide
7:09AM0.51m
7:30PM0.48m
8:12AM0.35m
8:31PM0.32m
8:57AM0.19m
9:17PM0.18m
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light rain
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light rain
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light rain
light rain
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cloud
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:28
5:29
5:29
 mm
1
1
8
3
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
Temp °C
19
18
17
20
19
19
19
18
15
14
14
14
16
16
16
14
14
14
14
15
16
16
17
16
Feels °C
18
17
17
18
15
15
14
14
5
6
6
6
8
9
11
10
10
9
8
10
11
10
12
11
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