Voelklip 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.41° S 19.28° E

Issued: 1 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Voelklip sea temperature is

16.7°C

Voelklip surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Voelklip today (29 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 14s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Voelklip at 8PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	14s
Afternoon (29 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	14s
Evening (29 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 29					Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	0	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 14	SW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	SW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	1997	1824	1520	1380	1305	864	760	706	647	491	897	711	802	748	701	689	698	651	553	463	880
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	SSE	SE	ENE	ESE	E	ESE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	E	ESE	E	ESE	SSE	SSW	SSW	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				5:08PM1.53m				5:41AM1.41m				5:59PM1.38m				6:40AM1.30m				7:03PM1.23m
Low Tide	10:57AM0.21m					11:27PM0.18m				11:48AM0.32m				00:20AM0.31m				12:53PM0.45m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	25	25	25	21	18	17	16	19	24	23	22	19	18	17	18	19	22	22	20	18	17
Feels °C	22	22	22	19	16	16	15	18	21	20	19	19	18	17	19	19	21	20	19	17	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 14	SW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	SW 13
kJ	1997	1824	1520	1380	1305	864	760	706	647	491	897	711	802	748	701	689	698	651	553	463	880
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ESE 10	—	SE 11	SW 16	SE 10	ESE 10	SW 16	SW 15	WSW 15	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SW 11	SSW 11	SW 11	SSW 10	SW 10	SW 14	W 12
kJ	—	10	—	5	66	4	10	64	186	272	37	98	68	82	59	45	30	71	48	269	180
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	SW 16	SE 10	W 12	ESE 11	WSW 15	SW 12	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SW 13	SSW 10	SE 10
kJ	—	—	—	—	41	25	3	11	283	142	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	62	38	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 4	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 10	SE 10	SE 6	SE 3	SSE 4	SE 4	SSE 4	SE 10	—	—	—	—	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6
kJ	25	37	23	25	7	100	102	5	4	20	10	8	98	—	—	—	—	35	40	77	113
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	De Kelders Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Voelklip Overberg	Voelklip Overberg	Voelklip Overberg	Voelklip Overberg	Stompneus West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Voelklip Overberg	Voelklip Overberg	Voelklip Overberg	Voelklip Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Struisbaai Overberg	Jongensfontein Overberg
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	2
Distance (km)	16	42	93	16	0	0	0	0	225	262	262	15	0	0	0	0	262	262	262	83	188
Best forecast wave conditions in Overberg	De Kelders	Pringle Bay		De Kelders	De Kelders	Vleesbaai	Dolphin Point	Gourits Mouth				De Kelders	Gansbaai	Stillbaai	Dolphin Point	Gansbaai				Struisbaai	Dolphin Point
Rating (10 max)	4	4		4	4	3	3	3				3	3	3	3	3				3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	6	9	9	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5

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