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Mpande Bay Surf Photo: 'Mpande Bay ' by AJC

Lat Long: 31.76° S 29.37° E

Issued: 7 am 20 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Mpande Bay sea temperature is

21.0° C

Normal for this time of year

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE	ENE	ENE	SW
	8 s	cross- on	8 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE	ENE	ENE	SW
	8 s	cross- on	8 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	SW
	8 s	cross- on	8 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	ENE	SW	SW
	8 s	cross- on	8 s	12 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	SW
	8 s	cross- on	8 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	SW
	8 s	cross- on	8 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 January at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE
	8 s	cross- on	7 s	8 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 January at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	ENE	E	ENE
	15 s	cross- on	7 s	8 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 January at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE	ENE	E	E
	14 s	cross- on	8 s	8 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 January at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE		E	SW
	14 s	cross- on		14 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 January at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	E		E	SW
	14 s	on		14 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 January at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	E		E	SW
	14 s	on		14 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 January at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE		E	SW
	14 s	on		14 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 January at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE		E	SW
	14 s	cross- on		14 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 January at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE		—	—
	14 s	cross- on		14 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 January at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later

Open ocean wave model on 7 January at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later

Open ocean wave model on 7 January at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mpande Bay around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 23 minutes after high water (at high ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.6m (5.2 ft). Range 2.01m (6.6 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Mpande Bay Surf Photo: 'Mpande Bay ' by AJC

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User: AJC (1 photo)

Country: South Africa (561 photos)

Photo taken at: 7:19 am 6 Jan 2014