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SURF RATING
FAIR
★★★☆☆
Fair — worth a paddle: chest-to-head-high waves on short, wind-driven swell, with a little cross-shore texture.
WAVE
2.0 m
SWELL
1.3m @ 7s
WIND
5 km/h Cross-shore
WATER
18.7°C

★★★☆☆

Fair — worth a paddle: chest-to-head-high waves on short, wind-driven swell, with a little cross-shore texture.

Swell: 1.3 m @ 7 s (E)

Wave height: 2.0 m

Wind: 5 km/h N Cross-shore

Sea temp: 18.7 °C · Wetsuit: 3/2 mm full wetsuit

Best window today: 06:00–08:00 (lightest wind)

🧬 Break DNA
37% match
Today: rideable but not classic
🌊 Wave type
Point break (right)
🧭 Best swell
ESE groundswell, 11–16s
💨 Best wind
WNW offshore
🏄 Board
Shortboard
📈 Skill
Intermediate–advanced
Ideal wind & swell are derived from the way this coast faces; break type is local knowledge. Match blends today’s swell angle, wind & period.

🌊 Why it’s reading like this right now

Cross-shore windwave direction
  • Short, wind-driven E swell at 7s is wrapping into the bank
  • 4 km/h cross-shore wind gives some texture
  • Not fully aligned today — pick your moment on the timeline above.
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🏄 When to paddle out today

🏄 Reading today’s surf…
00:00 — Fun (★★★) · 2.0m chest-head · 5km/h Cross01:00 — Fun (★★★) · 2.0m chest-head · 7km/h Cross02:00 — Fun (★★★) · 2.0m chest-head · 5km/h Cross03:00 — Fun (★★★) · 2.0m chest-head · 4km/h Cross04:00 — Fun (★★★) · 2.0m chest-head · 4km/h Cross05:00 — Fun (★★★) · 2.0m chest-head · 4km/h Cross06:00 — Clean (★★★★) · 1.9m chest-head · 3km/h Offshore07:00 — Clean (★★★★) · 1.9m chest-head · 3km/h Offshore08:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.9m chest-head · 4km/h Onshore09:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.9m chest-head · 7km/h Onshore10:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 10km/h Onshore11:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 12km/h Onshore12:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 13km/h Onshore13:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 14km/h Onshore14:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.7m chest-head · 16km/h Onshore15:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 16km/h Onshore16:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 15km/h Onshore17:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 15km/h Cross18:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 17km/h Cross19:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 11km/h Cross20:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 5km/h Cross21:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 4km/h Cross22:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 7km/h Cross23:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 9km/h Crossnow00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00
■ epic   ■ clean   ■ fun   ■ marginal   ■ flat   ■ dawn/dusk · tap an hour

🎒 Pack for this session

🏄 Board
Shortboard
🤿 Wetsuit
3/2 mm full wetsuit
🧴 Bring
Reef-safe sunscreen
🦶 Bring
Booties for the rocks
🌅Dawn window:Best quality, coolest — usually the quietest crowd
Crowd estimate is a comfort/timing proxy from conditions & day of week — not a live crowd count.
Swell & wind
NESW
■ swell in   ■ wind (green=offshore/good)   offshore zone
Spot match
Swell anglePeriodSizeWindSea state
5-day wave & wind forecast
WedThuFriSatSunMon0.0m1.2m2.4m01122now
■ wave height (m)   ── wind (km/h, right)

7-Day Surf Forecast

DayRatingWavePeriodSwellMidday wind
Wed 9 Sep ★★☆☆☆ 1.9 m 6 s ENE 13 km/h Onshore
Thu 10 Sep ★★☆☆☆ 1.6 m 6 s ENE 14 km/h Onshore
Fri 11 Sep ★★★★☆ 1.5 m 9 s SE 16 km/h Cross
Sat 12 Sep ★★★☆☆ 1.4 m 8 s S 22 km/h Onshore
Sun 13 Sep ★★☆☆☆ 2.2 m 6 s SE 18 km/h Onshore
Mon 14 Sep ★★☆☆☆ 2.9 m 7 s E 21 km/h Onshore
Tue 15 Sep ★★★☆☆ 2.7 m 7 s ENE 9 km/h Cross

Daily peak wave height, mean swell period & direction, midday wind. Rating is our surf-quality score.

🌊 Today's tide (nearest station)

00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00H 02:34L 08:44H 14:58L 21:08now

☀️ Sun & skin — out on the water all day

Sunrise 06:08 · Sunset 17:52 · Peak UV 6

Surfers & anglers get the highest UV dose of anyone. Recommended: SPF 50, reapply every 2 hours and after every session.

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Surf/wave: Open-Meteo Marine. Sun/UV/pressure: Open-Meteo. Tides: Stormglass model. Solunar is an approximate guide. Generated Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:13 SAST.

Aerial map — Mdumbi

Crayonised aerial map of Mdumbi
Point take-off
Point rocks
Channel / paddle-out
Take-off / peakHazard rocksChannel / paddle-out

Hand-styled from NGI 0.25 m national aerial. Markers show the peak, channel & hazards — indicative local knowledge, not live conditions or navigation advice; tides, banks, rips & hazards change, so use your own eyes on the day.

About Mdumbi — Surf Local Knowledge

Mdumbi lies on the Wild Coast between Coffee Bay and Port St Johns, a deeply rural stretch of rolling hills, river valleys and empty beaches reached by dirt road. There is little here but a backpackers, a scattering of homesteads and one of the finest waves in the country, which is exactly the appeal for those who make the trip.

Mdumbi Point is a world-class right-hand point break, widely rated among South Africa's best; when the sandbanks are right it can run close to a kilometre. It needs a good south to south-west groundswell and a west to north-west offshore, and it handles size well, making it an intermediate-to-advanced wave with a long, fast wall. Even at its best it stays uncrowded. As with all the Wild Coast, there are no lifeguards, and rips, rocks and sharks demand respect and self-reliance.

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