Victoria Bay surf break

Victoria Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.8°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 9AM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (21 Mar)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (21 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
1
2
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111010109121212121212111111111111111112151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1739162411759289707058748027227226366155215125034665176987118151077215023612093
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
0
NNW
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
15
E
5
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
5
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WNW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
25
SE
35
ESE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
2.06
5:09PM
1.84
5:25AM
1.97
5:45PM
1.72
6:02AM
1.81
6:24PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
-0.03
11:05AM
-0.03
11:10PM
0.04
11:40AM
0.08
11:46PM
0.17
12:17PM
0.24
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:33-------6:33-------6:33----
Sunset------6:39-------6:38-------6:37-
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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