Victoria Bay surf break

Victoria Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 23 Feb 2026 SAST
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Victoria Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Victoria Bay sea temperature is
22.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Victoria Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 9AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 23). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (23 Feb)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)89999991212111114141313131312121212788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)657623637505436366322289330270227316612545458451444353255247142217188304
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
15
S
5
N
5
WNW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:01AM
1.66
7:22PM
1.39
7:52AM
1.46
8:29PM
1.21
9:24AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
0.30
1:20PM
0.41
1:24AM
0.48
2:20PM
0.59
2:34AM
0.67
4:20PM
0.71
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:11-------6:11-------6:13----
Sunset------7:14-------7:12-------7:10-
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221232222222120202021222121202020202122222120
Feels °C (?)262323252323242322222122232122222120202221212121
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