Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at St Mikes today (11 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for St Mikes at 12AM is: 0.2m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 10). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (11 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
| Evening (11 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at St Mikes. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Thu night, min 19°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Thu night, calm by Fri night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | SSE 12 | SSW 20 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | S 6 | SSW 14 | S 6 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 27 | 17 | 38 | 33 | 61 | 116 | 104 | 48 | 44 | 41 | 18 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 62 | 81 | 163 | 159 | 81 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 3:30PM1.82m | 3:42AM1.73m | 4:01PM1.89m | 4:12AM1.76m | 4:30PM1.90m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:39PM0.05m | 9:45AM-0.04m | 10:09PM0.00m | 10:15AM-0.06m | 10:38PM0.00m | ||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | |  |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
Feels °C | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ENE 9 | E 9 | ENE 9 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 8 |
| kJ | 27 | 423 | 371 | 315 | 227 | 193 | 197 | 177 | 184 | 180 | 173 | 169 | 135 | 127 | 132 | 81 | 163 | 159 | 81 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | S 5 | SSE 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 |
| kJ | 3 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 61 | 116 | 104 | 48 | 44 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 62 | 99 | 94 | 94 | 99 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | SW 21 | SSW 20 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 |
| kJ | 5 | 17 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 18 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 24 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | — | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 3 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 |
| kJ | 414 | 519 | — | 45 | 93 | 65 | 60 | 45 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 34 | 46 | 22 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 173 | 68 | 21 | 132 | 140 | 45 | 140 | 232 | 188 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 48 | 12 | 96 | 96 | 808 | 96 | 96 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our St Mikes surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest