Victoria Bay surf break

Victoria Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 09 Jan 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 1.0°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 4AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)10s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
3
4
3
4
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
2.3
SW
1.9
S
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)101112111312111010101010101514141313121212111122
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18762596259012821189139611469256535464634242883816511139950862680647518426418595
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
E
20
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
25
ESE
5
ENE
5
E
0
ENE
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
1.57
7:39PM
1.31
8:13AM
1.44
8:28PM
1.19
9:08AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
0.37
1:46PM
0.53
1:40AM
0.50
2:34PM
0.64
2:24AM
0.64
3:41PM
0.72
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---5:28-------5:28-------5:28----
Sunset------7:44-------7:44-------7:44-
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C212020202020202019181719212323212121212223232321
Feels °C (?)201820201918181818171719191818192323232424242523
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