Victoria Bay surf break

Victoria Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 18 Mar 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
22.3° 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 3PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (18 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
2
4
3
4
4
2
3
4
2
2
2
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSE
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
1.6
SSW
2.4
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111071013131313141414141414131313131211111011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3893052882392775286697579831517162115981454147513181058126914088481627151715471162899
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
0
S
5
SE
10
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
5
NE
5
ENE
10
SE
15
SE
15
N
20
W
5
SW
5
N
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassononcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
1.86
3:47AM
2.05
4:03PM
1.91
4:18AM
2.09
4:36PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:29AM
0.04
9:35PM
-0.01
10:00AM
-0.04
10:06PM
-0.05
10:32AM
-0.07
10:37PM
-0.03
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise-6:30-------6:31-------6:31------
Sunset----6:44-------6:43-------6:40---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202122232221202020222423222121211919202019191818
Feels °C (?)222424242221202122242523232024241717191817181717
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