Victoria Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.00° S 22.55° E

Issued: 1 am 02 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Victoria Bay sea temperature is

16.5° 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 (02 Aug):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 6AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Aug)	6ft (1.8m)	9s
Afternoon (02 Aug)	5.5ft (1.7m)	9s
Evening (02 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 2								Monday 3								Tuesday 4
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	SW 12	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	534	547	547	466	408	408	349	1002	937	772	745	655	655	634	551	551	476	452	377	363	356	300	300	294
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	WSW	SSE	E	NNE	NNW	N	NW	N	S	ESE	E	N	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	W	SW	N	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	glassy	glassy	cross	glassy	off	off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-off	off
High Tide			5:30AM1.71m				5:53PM1.82m				6:02AM1.64m				6:26PM1.77m				6:38AM1.54m				7:03PM1.68m
Low Tide	11:31PM0.21m				11:36AM0.13m				00:03AM0.24m				12:07PM0.19m				00:39AM0.30m				12:42PM0.29m


	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:51	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	19	22	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	22	22	21	21	23	23	23	24	28	28	17	17	19
Feels °C	16	16	15	20	19	20	19	18	17	17	16	20	19	18	19	20	19	18	18	23	24	15	14	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
kJ	534	547	547	466	408	408	349	1002	937	772	745	655	655	634	551	551	476	452	377	363	356	300	300	294
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	235	277	299	295	335	374	310	367	330	573	444	480	466	437	437	430	416	409	349	326	309	233	228	224
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 12	S 9	S 9	S 9	ESE 14	ESE 13	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	—	—	S 13	—	—	—	—	—	S 19	S 18	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16
kJ	17	3	7	15	6	110	298	161	197	337	232	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	7	6	29	51	48
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 3	NNW 3	NW 3	SW 3	WSW 4	SW 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	3	5	5	4
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	7	9

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