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Victoria Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 12 Jan 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
22.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Victoria Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 1PM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (12 Jan)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (12 Jan)6ft (1.9m)14s

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

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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)181616151414131313121212121211111111111111171614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)190719191826149618091428111099696664657056155147844543742942233833233876721231876
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
W
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
W
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglasscross-
on		glasscrossglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassonononcross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
1.25
11:43PM
1.09
12:08PM
1.26
1:08AM
1.17
1:16PM
1.33
1:59AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:22PM
0.74
5:24AM
0.79
6:55PM
0.67
7:01AM
0.73
7:50PM
0.56
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-5:30-------5:31-------5:31------
Sunset----7:44-------7:44-------7:44---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212222222221212019202121212019191920212221202121
Feels °C (?)232424242423242221222121212120202020202122222219
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