St Mikes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.63° S 30.55° E

Issued: 1 am 22 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's St Mikes sea temperature is

22.6° 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 (22 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for St Mikes at 8AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Afternoon (22 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Evening (22 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Fri morning, calm by Fri night).
	Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	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)	2	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SSW 15	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 8	SSW 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	376	383	355	361	314	282	282	236	205	205	167	213	189	350	260	718	431	572	745	755	1243	998	1005	499
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide				8:52AM1.12m				9:39PM1.19m				10:19AM1.03m					11:17PM1.13m				12:25PM1.03m
Low Tide		2:55AM0.60m				2:58PM0.59m				4:08AM0.68m				4:20PM0.69m					5:59AM0.69m				6:19PM0.70m


	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:19	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	17	22	23	21	20	19	19	19	17	19	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	19	18	18	18	17
Feels °C	18	16	15	19	19	18	19	17	15	16	14	16	17	19	20	17	12	9	10	11	10	12	14	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 13	ENE 7	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SSW 18	S 9	S 8
kJ	376	383	355	361	314	282	122	158	186	161	138	110	91	350	61	108	106	103	61	60	59	257	586	305
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SSW 14	ENE 7	SE 12	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSW 21	SSW 20	SE 11	SSW 17	SSW 16
kJ	179	252	305	285	204	154	282	236	205	205	167	167	189	86	110	47	31	24	13	43	128	43	423	499
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	ENE 5	ENE 5	E 9	—	—	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 15	SSW 14	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	—	—	—	S 22	NE 8	E 10	E 10	SE 11	SE 11
kJ	6	15	18	6	—	—	154	98	65	57	71	213	167	140	108	—	—	—	9	2	2	9	42	41
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SSW 12	SSW 5	S 5	—	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 8	SSW 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	—
kJ	9	37	60	33	69	108	265	355	365	311	158	39	33	—	260	718	431	572	745	755	1243	998	1005	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mdumbe Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Pipe Eastern Cape (S)	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	3
Distance (km)	0	0	0	96	96	237	96	62	0	0	45	140	193	45	0	45	232	591	308	307	336	307	40	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3		2	4	3	3	3			3	3	3							5	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	5	4	5	9	8	7	7	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	6	5	5	5	7	9	6	4	4	5	6	4	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	9	5	5

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