Victoria Bay Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.00° S 22.55° E)

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Victoria Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 17 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 18.3° C
(Which is 1.2°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 1PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	12s
Evening (17 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	12s

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

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	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	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
Rating (10 max)	4	5	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	4	4	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	ESE	ESE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	13	10	7	7	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	3899	4011	3983	3707	3389	2910	2598	2239	2013	1840	1615	1444	1206	1194	1389	1463	1323	1174	1126	468	419	432	558	599
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	SW	SSW	SSW	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NW	SSW	S	SSE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	SE	ESE	ESE	NE	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				1:23PM 1.43				1:40AM 1.46					2:03PM 1.60				2:16AM 1.59				2:35PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		7:12AM 0.53				7:41PM 0.49				7:55AM 0.38					8:19PM 0.34				8:27AM 0.25				8:50PM 0.22

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	11	13	14	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	16	16	19	17	17	17
Feels °C (?)	8	9	10	10	11	11	10	11	8	11	11	12	12	11	10	9	10	12	14	12	16	17	17	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Victoria Bay (light winds from the SSW at George Airport 17 km from Victoria Bay). A 3.8m groundswell from the SSW
1 hour 58 minutes ago Victoria Bay

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17 km away, 1 h 58 min ago

19 km/h

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18.3

Air / Water (°C)

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