Victoria Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.00° S 22.55° E

Issued: 7 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Victoria Bay sea temperature is

19.4°C

Victoria Bay 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 Victoria Bay today (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 11AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	11s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Evening (03 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s

Table - waves today at Victoria Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 17°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 3							Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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)	2	3	0	1	2	3	4	4	4	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	3	3	0	2	2	4	5	5	5
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 9	SW 10	WSW 9	SW 10
Wave Graph
kJ	545	524	505	504	915	1064	1110	1077	998	835	848	760	620	573	488	480	414	421	421	488	428	1040	3173	1973	2190
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	ENE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	W	WSW	W	W	SSW	SSW	SW	W	WSW	W	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	glassy	cross	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	glassy
High Tide				11:29AM1.43m				00:05AM1.31m				12:30PM1.56m				00:59AM1.43m				1:14PM1.68m				1:40AM1.53m
Low Tide	4:56AM0.60m					6:04PM0.55m				6:09AM0.51m				6:59PM0.41m				7:00AM0.41m				7:40PM0.29m


	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24
	—	—	—	—	6:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	7:01
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	17	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	20	22	21	22	21	20	19	19	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18
Feels °C	15	16	16	17	16	18	18	18	17	20	21	19	22	22	21	18	18	20	17	18	19	19	18	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	ESE 7	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 9	SW 10	SW 9	SW 10
kJ	545	524	213	504	915	1064	1110	1077	998	835	848	760	620	573	488	163	414	421	421	488	428	1040	1947	1228	1531
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	S 15	ESE 10	SW 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 5	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	—	E 10	ESE 6	SSW 12	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	SW 6	E 7	E 8	SSW 11	E 8
kJ	34	109	33	177	32	32	31	31	20	33	33	30	—	30	139	480	145	96	55	32	93	24	33	386	20
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	ESE 10	ESE 10	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 10	—	—	—	—	—	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 6	E 9	SW 13	E 8	—
kJ	43	34	33	—	—	—	—	—	31	—	—	—	—	—	16	16	15	15	15	14	21	13	45	33	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ESE 5	S 11	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	—	—	W 2	W 3	WSW 3	SW 4	SW 7	—	SW 10	WSW 9	SW 10
kJ	—	35	505	77	64	48	36	27	29	22	28	67	91	113	—	—	1	3	7	34	268	—	3173	1973	2190
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Hawston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haardebaai Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	6
Distance (km)	22	22	22	22	286	318	40	22	0	0	0	0	22	344	22	22	0	39	0	0	78	78	20	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point			Buffalo Bay Wildside	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point		Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Brak River	Brak River	Groenvlei	The Wreck	The Wreck	Santos Reef	Goukamma River Mouth	Victoria Bay
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3			4	4	4	4	4	4	4		3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	6
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Hawston Overberg	Fish Boma Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Silwerstroom West Coast	Jongensfontein Overberg	Hout Bay Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	6
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

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