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Herolds Bay surf Forecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Apr 2024 SAST
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Herolds Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Herolds Bay sea temperature is 16.4°C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 18.6 °C max: 20.3 °C min: 17.1 °C)
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Herolds Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Herolds Bay sea temperature is 16.4°C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 18.6 °C max: 20.3 °C min: 17.1 °C)


How big are the waves at Herolds Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Herolds Bay at 10AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.6
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.6
ESE
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
1
SSW
0.6
S
1.3
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615887777888888955413131312121211115121111111110101010977919181716161615151414141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)326306372605842282716223347191810131176171716141430131218155205158150191237163232944216915825810682550257326342868251021271921172815051400121012111077888715599514
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
SE
15
SE
5
E
0
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
W
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
0
E
5
ENE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
0
W
5
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
0
N
5
W
10
W
15
WSW
10
W
15
SW
15
S
10
SW
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
ononglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:10PM
1.30
1:28AM
1.48
1:43PM
1.42
1:56AM
1.61
2:11PM
1.53
2:22AM
1.72
2:38PM
1.63
2:48AM
1.81
3:05PM
1.69
3:13AM
1.86
3:31PM
1.74
3:39AM
1.88
3:58PM
1.75
4:06AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
0.63
7:17PM
0.56
7:48AM
0.50
7:46PM
0.45
8:14AM
0.37
8:12PM
0.35
8:38AM
0.26
8:38PM
0.27
9:02AM
0.18
9:03PM
0.22
9:27AM
0.13
9:29PM
0.19
9:52AM
0.11
9:56PM
0.19
10:19AM
0.12
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Sunrise-6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------7:01--
Sunset----6:02-------6:01-------6:00-------5:59-------5:58-------5:57-------5:55-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171719181817171717182120191918181717191918171617171720191919181918182121192019191819222221202120191820191818181818182019
Feels °C (?)181819181918181817182119202018181717191919191617171619181920192018182021212321201920232121222220181819181819181717171817

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