Victoria Bay surf break

Victoria Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 04 Sep 2025 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
17.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Victoria Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 11AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (04 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (04 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
2
4
3
4
5
5
5
5
2
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111101114131313131313141514141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)10019048178167486826437921001164317612030221523752765327141053888328728652700222020381824
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
S
10
S
5
SE
5
ENE
5
N
0
E
0
E
0
NNW
5
SSW
15
SSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ENE
5
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassononcross-
on
crossglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
1.48
2:07AM
1.57
2:31PM
1.67
2:40AM
1.72
3:01PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
0.44
8:05PM
0.45
8:20AM
0.27
8:38PM
0.27
8:50AM
0.12
9:11PM
0.11
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise-6:45-------6:43-------6:41------
Sunset----6:13-------6:14-------6:14---
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141416161515161615151717161616151414161616151514
Feels °C (?)131315141515151615161714161515141314151314141513
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Victoria Bay (calm at George Airport 17 km from Victoria Bay). 1.9m 12s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.

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2 km/h
N
0.0
17.8
Air / Water (°C)
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