Witsands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.18° S 18.36° E

Issued: 1 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Witsands sea temperature is

16.9°C

Witsands 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 Witsands today (29 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 13s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 8AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	14s
Afternoon (29 Oct)	8ft (2.4m)	13s
Evening (29 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu night).
	Thursday 29								Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	W 11	SW 14	SW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	2729	2729	2413	2582	2029	1830	1597	1256	1022	864	850	376	1355	967	1036	1000	953	843	828	705	800	576	661	1255
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		4:53AM1.46m					5:08PM1.48m				5:41AM1.36m				5:59PM1.34m				6:40AM1.26m				7:05PM1.19m
Low Tide				10:56AM0.19m					11:26PM0.16m				11:48AM0.30m				00:19AM0.29m				12:53PM0.42m


	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	16
Feels °C	13	12	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	13	13	14	15	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	15	14	12	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	W 11	SW 14	SW 14
kJ	2729	2729	2413	2582	2029	1830	1597	1256	1022	864	850	376	1355	967	1036	1000	953	843	828	705	800	576	661	1255
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 13	NW 13	SE 8	NW 13	NW 13	NW 12	SW 16	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	WSW 15	SW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	SW 14	W 11	W 12
kJ	7	7	9	7	7	6	67	6	6	6	152	373	190	149	125	85	82	79	75	71	67	264	441	416
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NW 13	—	—	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	W 12	NW 12	SE 10	WSW 15	NW 12	NW 12	ESE 10	ESE 10	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	WSW 16	W 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	W 11
kJ	—	—	7	—	—	6	6	6	3	6	4	275	6	6	61	63	5	5	5	26	2	67	65	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5
kJ	53	57	53	60	44	38	35	49	59	41	34	21	19	18	18	18	22	24	28	47	64	92	97	72
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Noordhoek Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Scarborough Point Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Dias Beach Garden Route	Dumps Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	Milnerton Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	1	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	3
Distance (km)	7	6	2	6	6	7	346	35	31	35	44	168	346	346	74	35	35	31	39	168	408	408	101	6
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4		4	3	3	3					4	3	3	3					3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	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	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	7	7	9	6	5	4	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4

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