Victoria Bay Surf Forecast

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South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.00° S 22.55° E)

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Victoria Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 17.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Victoria Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 2AM is: 2.5m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	16s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	8ft (2.4m)	16s
Evening (16 Jul)	7ft (2.2m)	14s

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

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		Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
	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	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	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
Rating (10 max)	4	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	5	9	9	!	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	10	10	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2524	4519	5049	4598	3845	3178	2589	2120	2115	2279	1979	1921	2026	2616	5176	11059	12526	29146	12866	11868	10302	9194	7747	6484	5437	4668	4070	3559	3169	2685	2391	2092	1727	1489	1413	1325	1296	1205	1122	1262	1251	1199	1340	1403	1725	3349	2248	2189	2512	1828	1622	1433	1442	1117	1340	917	829	633	586	460
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	W	S	SE	NNE	N	NNW	WNW	N	NNW	WSW	WSW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	W	WSW	SSW	SSE	ESE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	SE	ESE	N	N	N	NNW	N	W	SSW	SW	WNW	W	WNW	W	NNW	WSW	W	SW	WSW	WSW	NW	NE	NNE	SE	SSE	SE	N	NW	W	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:57AM 1.55				7:28PM 1.70				7:46AM 1.43					8:20PM 1.61				8:49AM 1.31				9:28PM 1.51				10:15AM 1.24				10:55PM 1.45					11:55AM 1.26				12:24AM 1.48				1:14PM 1.37				1:34AM 1.57					2:13PM 1.51				2:29AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		12:59AM 0.32				1:04PM 0.27				1:48AM 0.39				1:51PM 0.38					2:48AM 0.48				2:50PM 0.50				4:05AM 0.54				4:13PM 0.59					5:38AM 0.54				5:53PM 0.60				7:02AM 0.46				7:18PM 0.51					8:04AM 0.34				8:21PM 0.39

		Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	19	19	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	12	12	15	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	21	19	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	12
Feels °C (?)	11	12	10	9	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	9	14	14	12	12	11	9	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	9	10	9	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	18	15	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	9	10	11	11	12	11	11	13	12	14	13	13	11	10	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

Wind Update Recent cross-shore wind 43 km from Victoria Bay has fallen light (light winds from the NE at ASCATB23E34S). Waves should be turning clean at Victoria Bay. 1.8m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 1.8m 13s groundswell from the SW and a 0.7m 19s long period groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the ESE. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
4 hours 1 minute ago Victoria Bay

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