Victoria Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.00° S 22.55° E

Issued: 1 am 15 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Victoria Bay sea temperature is

20.1°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 (15 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 6AM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	13s
Afternoon (15 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	13s
Evening (15 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the ESE by Tue afternoon).
	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed 18
	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
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	3	2	2	4	2	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	1805	1748	1567	1329	1289	1100	1134	689	580	455	396	355	349	355	367	456	623	711	854	757	734	766	700	723	658	637
Wind (km/h)	E	NNE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	NE	NE	NE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	glassy	glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	glassy
High Tide			6:36AM1.36m				6:39PM1.30m				7:31AM1.28m				7:37PM1.20m					8:51AM1.25m				9:13PM1.14m
Low Tide	00:16AM0.48m				12:38PM0.65m				1:01AM0.57m				1:41PM0.74m					2:05AM0.65m				3:14PM0.77m				3:31AM0.67m


	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16
	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	7:13
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	18	19	19	17	17	17	17
Feels °C	16	16	18	17	18	18	18	17	18	16	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	14	17	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	ESE 7
kJ	1805	1748	1567	1329	1289	1100	1134	689	580	455	396	355	349	355	367	456	623	711	854	757	734	766	700	723	658	227
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 9	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 6	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SW 12
kJ	—	14	74	49	14	13	12	21	80	93	94	124	100	104	80	79	60	55	41	62	33	23	14	22	13	637
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 9	E 9	—	—	—	—	S 19	S 19	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 10	S 8	SSE 9	E 10	—	—	SE 11	SSE 11	—	S 8
kJ	—	—	14	14	—	—	—	—	7	7	117	118	94	68	66	51	57	36	42	8	—	—	5	11	—	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	—	ESE 6	ESE 5	E 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	—	SSE 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 8	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	E 7	ESE 7	E 7
kJ	170	106	89	—	34	33	22	119	98	104	47	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	55	61	143	284	408	308	413
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Libanona Beach East	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Stompneus West Coast	Ambinanibe East	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	4
Distance (km)	22	0	0	22	1672	2559	22	22	22	22	22	22	1672	1672	22	0	0	0	22	343	448	2550	22	22	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point			Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point			Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma				Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4			4	3	3	3	3	3			3	3	3	3	4				4	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route			Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route			Gerickes Point Garden Route	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast		Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4			4	3	3	3	3	3			3	3	3	3	4	2	3		4	4	4	4
Header Global	El Capitan United States	Boners United States	Ghost Tree United States	Cojo United States	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Kaka Point New Zealand	Boners United States	Boners United States	Boners United States	Ghost Tree United States	Fullers United States	Ghost Tree United States	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Grindavik Lighthouse ( Hopsnesta) Iceland	Papatowai New Zealand	Cojo United States	San Jorge - Faja dos Cubres Portugal	Playa de Penarrubia Spain	San Jorge - Faja dos Cubres Portugal
Rating (10 max)	7	9	9	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	9	5	9	9	8	7	6	8	5	5	9	5

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