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Victoria Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm 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 5PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm 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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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
5
0
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)991010109101212121212121212121211111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1722203343487939801548304523682310216019441683147213461182995927757634572476467485
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
25
W
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
0
SE
5
NNE
5
NNE
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
SSE
0
WSW
5
N
5
NNW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
3:15PM
1.64
3:41AM
1.64
3:46PM
1.72
4:11AM
1.73
4:16PM
1.77
4:40AM
1.80
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
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-------5:35-------5:37-------5:37
Sunset--7:43-------7:43-------7:42-----
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part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)191820171514141314151617171817171716171818181819
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