Victoria Bay surf break

Victoria Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 17 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
22.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
2
3
2
1
0
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2
SSW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)9999101010910111212121212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)247154172253334348830105215302228260223102160194416831547134612781082927757634572515
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
W
0
SW
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:15PM
1.64
3:41AM
1.64
3:46PM
1.72
4:11AM
1.73
4:16PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:11AM
0.40
9:32PM
0.23
9:43AM
0.32
10:00PM
0.15
10:14AM
0.25
10:28PM
0.09
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-5:35-------5:35-------5:37------
Sunset----7:43-------7:43-------7:42---
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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