Victoria Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.00° S 22.55° E

Issued: 1 pm 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Victoria Bay sea temperature is

16.9°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 (12 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 17s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 7PM is: 2.1m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 3.0m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s
Afternoon (12 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	15s
Evening (12 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	17s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 21°C on Sun night, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Sat night, calm by Tue morning).
	Sat 12					Sunday 13								Monday 14
	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	4	4	4	0	0	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	SSW 15	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	773	1332	2065	2643	2372	2285	2200	1871	2046	2676	2598	1966	2378	1402	1212	1117	1053	942	898	836	712
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	S	SE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	N	ENE	NNE	N	N	WSW	SW	ENE	SE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	glassy	glassy	cross-off
High Tide			4:20PM2.02m				4:35AM1.82m				4:49PM1.95m					5:04AM1.75m				5:17PM1.84m
Low Tide	10:09AM-0.00m				10:34PM0.02m				10:37AM0.05m					11:02PM0.09m				11:04AM0.14m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4
Temp °C	17	17	16	17	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	18	19	20	21	21	17	16	16	15	15
Feels °C	18	17	17	16	12	14	17	16	17	19	19	19	20	21	19	19	16	16	17	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	SSW 15	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
kJ	773	1332	2065	2643	2372	2285	2200	1871	1648	1261	1095	870	1738	1402	1212	1117	1053	942	898	836	712
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SE 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 14	SW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	109	120	310	520	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	743	642	572	486	411	347	330	309	427
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 10	S 9	E 10	SE 13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 5	SW 12
kJ	111	13	7	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36	303
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 4	—	—
kJ	—	—	519	1039	1168	1664	1586	1622	2046	2676	2598	1966	2378	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	0	40	0	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	0	22	0	0	18	39	39	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point	Outer Pool	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Brak River	Brak River	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Noncom (Cape Recife) Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	4
Header Global	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	White Rock - The Spit New Zealand	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	Papatowai New Zealand	Fish Boma South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Cobblestones Australia	Margaret River Bommie Australia	Restaurants Fiji	Injidup Carpark Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Cintsa West South Africa	Hole-in-the-Wall South Africa
Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	8

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Ben Mondy

Summer School: The Timeline of The Boardshort

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Victoria Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Victoria Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Victoria Bay today (12 Sep):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Summer School: The Timeline of The Boardshort

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website