Victoria Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.00° S 22.55° E

Issued: 1 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Victoria Bay sea temperature is

16.3°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 (28 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 8PM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	9s
Afternoon (28 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	9s
Evening (28 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed night).
	Mon 28					Tuesday 29								Wednesday 30
	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)	3	1	0	1	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	5
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	430	484	521	439	488	592	614	733	725	341	700	744	628	679	922	1114	560	928	1132	1380	2329
Wind (km/h)	S	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	SSE	ESE	ESE	NW	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off
High Tide			4:25PM2.02m				4:44AM1.82m				4:58PM1.94m					5:18AM1.73m				5:34PM1.81m
Low Tide	10:12AM0.01m				10:39PM-0.00m				10:44AM0.07m					11:13PM0.08m				11:19AM0.17m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	16	16	14	14	13	12	13	17	18	17	15	15	16	16	18	19	23	22	22	25
Feels °C	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	13	12	11	12	14	15	14	16	17	20	20	22	24
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SW 13	SSE 9	SSE 9	SW 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	ESE 10
kJ	430	484	521	439	488	592	614	733	725	341	212	202	222	196	564	593	560	297	280	264	1677
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 17	SW 13	SSW 16	SW 15	SW 14	—	—	SW 14
kJ	202	134	128	187	248	209	169	112	110	257	290	253	249	159	161	220	314	453	—	—	268
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 8	E 8	SE 11	SSE 10	SSW 16	SSE 11	SSW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 8	WSW 11	—	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 12	SE 10	—	—	—	—
kJ	48	1	29	59	25	109	42	54	100	3	39	—	115	107	147	87	138	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 8	E 8	E 4	E 8	E 5	E 5	E 5	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	—	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10
kJ	—	—	1	1	21	1	65	100	49	194	700	744	628	679	922	1114	—	928	1132	1380	2329
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Milnerton Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gordons Bay Harbour Cape Town	Gordons Bay Harbour Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Distance (km)	343	40	375	22	22	0	22	22	343	343	343	22	22	0	0	0	22	22	22	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route		Buffalo Bay Wildside		Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth				Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Herolds Bay	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)		3		3	3	3	3	3				4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Strandfontein West Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	6	6	4	5	5	6	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

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