Victoria Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.00° S 22.55° E

Issued: 1 am 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Victoria Bay sea temperature is

16.8°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 (21 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Victoria Bay at 5AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	12s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	12s
Evening (21 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 21								Thursday 22								Friday 23
	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
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	5	3	0	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	4	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 9	SW 9	SW 11	SW 11	SSW 11	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	1074	1627	2130	2815	2956	2612	2113	1870	2043	2136	1422	1625	1147	995	1708	1322	1450	1686	2067	1935	1717	1471	1126	937
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	NNW	ENE	SE	SE	ESE	NE	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	glassy
High Tide	00:20AM1.24m				12:45PM1.43m				1:01AM1.39m				1:17PM1.60m				1:36AM1.53m				1:49PM1.76m
Low Tide			6:22AM0.59m				7:00PM0.53m				7:01AM0.45m				7:33PM0.36m				7:34AM0.32m					8:05PM0.20m


	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:49	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	17	18	20	17	17	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	16	17	18	18	18
Feels °C	14	16	17	18	14	15	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	13	12	13	14	14	15	14	14	16	17	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SW 12	SW 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	SW 11	SW 11	SSW 11	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11
kJ	1074	1627	2130	2815	48	47	32	16	1739	1617	17	9	9	9	1256	1322	1450	1686	2067	1935	1717	1471	1126	937
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	—	—	—	—	ESE 9	ESE 9	—	—	—	—	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 4
kJ	20	12	57	52	—	—	—	—	17	17	—	—	—	—	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 10
kJ	11	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 9	SW 9	SW 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 4	ENE 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	2956	2612	2113	1870	2043	2136	1422	1625	1147	995	1708	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15	17
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3
Distance (km)	0	0	0	18	78	78	40	0	40	0	1	368	77	77	39	0	0	0	0	22	286	22	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Inner Pool	The Wreck	The Wreck	The Wreck	Kaaimans River Mouth	Inner Pool	Victoria Bay	Outer Pool		The Wreck	The Wreck	Santos Reef	Brak River	Brak River	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point		Fish Boma	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4		4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4		4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Hout Bay Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hout Bay Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	6	4	4	9	9	8	5	5	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4
Header Global	Cyclops Australia	Virac Harbour Philippines	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Super Tubes South Africa	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Haga-Haga South Africa	Riet River South Africa	Haga-Haga South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Easter Reef Australia	Keusik Luhur Indonesia	Batu Hiu Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Luna Park Australia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Papatowai New Zealand	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Easter Reef Australia	Asu Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia
Rating (10 max)	7	6	7	6	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	7	5	6	6	6	5	9	7	6	5	5	5

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

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

storm austen

Ben Mondy

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 (21 Oct):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website