Victoria Bay surf break

Victoria Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Apr 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Victoria Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 8AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 2.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
3
3
5
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
1
1
3
0
3
6
4
6
6
4
5
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
4
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)11111010111111111010101091212121111111111111414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19442054167125002039226818671552104689869556141476576096334133732388827773731346841103653
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
NW
10
W
10
WSW
5
ESE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
40
WSW
25
W
30
WNW
25
NW
25
W
20
W
10
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53AM
2.07
4:16PM
1.87
4:30AM
2.02
4:54PM
1.81
5:10AM
1.90
5:35PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
0.01
10:10AM
-0.08
10:17PM
0.02
10:47AM
-0.02
10:56PM
0.10
11:26AM
0.10
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:54----
Sunset------6:02-------6:01-------6:00-
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2---------------1-------
Temp. °C151615161920201817171616212322201514141417202017
Feels °C (?)13101013161718161515131317171514797810141713
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