Witsands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.18° S 18.36° E

Issued: 1 pm 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Witsands sea temperature is

17.6°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 (30 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 10PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s
Afternoon (30 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	14s
Evening (30 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	12s

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). Mainly fresh winds.
	Fri 30					Saturday 31								Sunday 1
	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)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 14	WSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	409	1355	876	1071	1000	953	843	828	799	800	705	778	1133	1831	2066	1866	1634	1413	1369	1112	1077
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide				5:59PM1.34m				6:40AM1.26m				7:05PM1.19m				7:58AM1.19m					8:36PM1.09m
Low Tide		11:48AM0.30m				00:19AM0.29m				12:53PM0.42m				1:27AM0.41m					2:24PM0.50m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16
Feels °C	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 14	WSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	409	1355	876	1071	1000	953	843	828	799	800	705	778	1133	1831	2066	1866	1634	1413	1369	1112	1077
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 11	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	NW 11	SSW 10	SW 14	W 11	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	ESE 9	W 11	W 11
kJ	331	190	149	117	85	82	79	75	5	67	221	510	416	105	141	103	102	71	17	59	37
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	ESE 10	ESE 10	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	W 11	SSW 10	NW 11	W 11	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	—	—	E 14	ESE 9
kJ	275	6	6	5	55	9	5	5	5	2	65	5	2	3	3	3	3	—	—	4	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5
kJ	46	37	33	28	28	24	26	34	56	60	73	76	62	60	34	25	24	39	40	44	41
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Cape St Martin West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dias Beach Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg
Rating (10 max)	3	1	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	2	4	2
Distance (km)	167	346	346	47	47	35	7	10	101	346	346	325	282	6	6	7	47	282	346	74	44
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town						Captains	Captains	The Hoek						Long Beach	Long Beach	The Hoek
Rating (10 max)						3	3	3						3	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Heaven West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Long Beach Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Outer Pool Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Header Global	Lebu Chile	Mangamaunu New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Afife Portugal	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Afife Portugal	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	8	7	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5

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