Victoria Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.00° S 22.55° E

Issued: 7 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 (29 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 2AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	10s
Afternoon (29 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	10s
Evening (29 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Wed night).
	Mon 28			Tuesday 29								Wednesday 30
	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)	0	1	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	2	3	4	3	3	4	2	2	4	5
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	ESE 7	E 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	529	395	488	572	630	697	684	948	766	652	645	679	612	619	612	907	1021	1411	2329
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NE	SE	ESE	ESE	NNW	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	off	cross-off
High Tide	4:25PM2.02m				4:44AM1.82m				4:58PM1.94m					5:18AM1.73m				5:34PM1.81m
Low Tide			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	16	15	14	13	13	13	17	18	18	15	15	15	16	17	21	22	22	22	25
Feels °C	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	19	19	19	22	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SW 14	SW 13	SSE 9	SSE 9	SW 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	ESE 10
kJ	529	395	488	572	630	697	684	257	295	273	222	196	612	619	612	297	280	264	1677
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 17	SW 13	SSW 16	SE 10	SW 14	—	—	SW 14
kJ	128	187	248	209	144	112	110	392	290	253	249	159	161	220	138	453	—	—	268
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	SSE 10	SSW 16	SSE 11	SSW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 8	WSW 11	—	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 12	SW 15	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	59	25	109	42	54	100	3	46	—	115	107	147	87	314	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	SE 10	ESE 7	E 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	—	—	—	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10
kJ	—	6	19	40	68	100	46	948	766	652	645	679	—	—	—	907	1021	1411	2329
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay 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	De Kelders Overberg	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	4	5
Distance (km)	212	22	22	0	0	22	343	343	343	22	22	0	0	0	22	22	298	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route		Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth				Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point		Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)		3	3	3	3	3				4	4	4	3	4	4	4		4	5
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga 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	Koeel Bay Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	5
Header Global	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Airport Rights New Zealand	Humenga Point New Zealand	White Rock - The Spit New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Dinner Plates New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Pascuales Mexico	Pascuales Mexico	Grindavik Lighthouse ( Hopsnesta) Iceland	Gerickes Point South Africa
Rating (10 max)	5	6	6	4	5	5	6	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	9	5

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