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Margate

faces 125° SE · KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · −30.912, 30.336

Times in SAST

Epic · best window 19:00–00:00
1.6 m
13 s period · SSW 198°
Clean groundswell, 12° inside the swell window · sampled 18 km offshore
Wind
0 km/h
ENE · glassyENE 68° · glassy
Tide
−0.2 m
falling · L 00:00falling · low 00:00 (−0.5 m)
Energy
14 kJ
epic
Sky
20°
clear · feels 21°clear since 19:00 · feels 21° · water 23° · OISST 13 Oct, preliminary
Ensemble · 06Z3 of 3 models reporting · updated 13:47 UTC

Next 16 days

tap a day for its hourspick a day for hour by hour · ← → step it · 3-hourly to day 16
  • swell · 10–14 s
  • wind swell · under 10 s
  • offshore
  • cross-off
  • cross
  • cross-on
  • onshore
  • glassy
  • band: the models' spread

Hourly detail

Thursday 8 October epicbest 00:00–08:00 · light 05:30–18:02

00 
epic
2.4 m14s SSW2.1 + 1.2 mtide0.2 ↑
cross 9 km/hgust13 km/h 18°
36 kJ
03 
epic
2.3 m10s SE1.9 + 1.2 mtide0.6 ↓
cross-off 11 km/hgust16 km/h 17°
23 kJ
06 
epic
2.2 m10s SE1.8 + 1.2 + 0.7 mtide −0.3↓
cross-off 13 km/hgust26 km/h 16°
22 kJ
09 
good
2.2 m10s ESE1.8 + 1.1 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross 22 km/hgust28 km/h 21°
21 kJ
12 
poor
2.2 m15s SSW1.7 + 1.1 mtide0.3 ↑
cross-on 31 km/hgust30 km/h 22°
33 kJ
15 
fair
2.2 m15s SSW1.7 + 1.1 mtide0.9 ↓
cross 25 km/hgust27 km/h 22°
32 kJ
18 
good
2.2 m14s SSW1.7 + 1.1 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross 17 km/hgust27 km/h 20°
31 kJ
21 
epic
2.1 m14s SSW1.5 + 1.3 + 0.8 mtide −0.8↑
cross 12 km/hgust20 km/h 20°
28 kJ

Friday 9 October epicbest 00:00–09:00 · light 05:28–18:03

00 
epic
2.1 m15s SSW1.5 + 1.0 + 0.7 mtide 0.1↑
cross-off 6 km/hgust8 km/h 19°
30 kJ
03 
epic
2.0 m15s SSW1.5 + 1.2 + 0.7 mtide 0.8↓
cross-off 9 km/hgust12 km/h 19°
29 kJ
06 
epic
2.0 m15s SSW1.5 + 1.2 + 0.6 mtide −0.1↓
cross-off 6 km/hgust7 km/h 19°
27 kJ
09 
good
1.9 m15s SSW1.5 + 1.1 + 0.6 mtide −0.8↑
cross-on 12 km/hgust11 km/h 23°
25 kJ
12 
fair
1.9 m14s SSW1.5 + 1.1 mtide0.1 ↑
cross 27 km/hgust27 km/h 23°
25 kJ
15 
fair
2.0 m14s SSW1.4 + 1.0 + 0.4 mtide 0.9↓
cross 30 km/hgust34 km/h 23°
27 kJ
18 
good
2.0 m14s SSW1.4 + 1.0 + 0.4 mtide 0.1↓
cross 20 km/hgust32 km/h 21°
25 kJ
21 
good
2.0 m14s SSW1.3 + 1.0 mtide−0.8 ↑
cross 21 km/hgust34 km/h 20°
25 kJ

Saturday 10 October goodbest 07:00–10:00 · light 05:27–18:04

00 
good
2.0 m14s SSW1.3 + 1.0 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 16 km/hgust26 km/h 20°
23 kJ
03 
good
1.9 m14s SSW1.3 + 0.9 mtide0.8 ↓
cross 11 km/hgust17 km/h 19°
22 kJ
06 
good
1.8 m14s SSW1.3 + 0.9 mtide0.1 ↓
cross-on 6 km/hgust9 km/h 19°
21 kJ
09 
epic
1.9 m14s SSW1.5 + 0.9 + 0.7 mtide −0.9↑
cross-on 4 km/hgust6 km/h 20°
21 kJ
12 
good
1.9 m13s SSW1.6 + 0.9 + 0.5 mtide −0.2↑
cross-on 6 km/hgust12 km/h 21°
22 kJ
15 
fair
1.9 m13s SSW1.7 + 0.9 mtide0.9 ↑
cross-on 15 km/hgust17 km/h 22°
22 kJ
18 
good
1.9 m13s SSW1.6 + 0.9 mtide0.3 ↓
cross-on 10 km/hgust18 km/h 21°
20 kJ
21 
epic
1.9 m12s SSW1.6 + 0.9 mtide−0.8 ↓
cross 7 km/hgust11 km/h 21°
20 kJ

Sunday 11 October goodbest 18:00–24:00 · light 05:26–18:04

00 
good
1.7 m12s SSW1.5 + 0.9 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross 24 km/hgust39 km/h 21°
17 kJ
03 
good
1.9 m12s S1.4 + 0.9 mtide0.8 ↑
cross 18 km/hgust35 km/h 21°
19 kJ
06 
epic
2.0 m12s S1.2 + 0.8 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 10 km/hgust11 km/h 21°
21 kJ
09 
good
2.1 m12s S1.3 + 0.9 mtide−0.8 ↓
cross 19 km/hgust18 km/h 25°
25 kJ
12 
fair
2.3 m12s S1.2 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross 27 km/hgust31 km/h 26°
28 kJ
15 
good
2.3 m12s S1.2 mtide0.8 ↑
cross 16 km/hgust24 km/h 25°
28 kJ
18 
epic
2.2 m12s S1.8 + 1.1 + 0.6 mtide 0.5↓
cross-off 13 km/hgust20 km/h 22°
26 kJ
21 
epic
2.3 m8s ENE1.9 + 1.2 mtide−0.7 ↓
offshore 11 km/hgust13 km/h 23°
19 kJ

Monday 12 October fairbest 01:00–08:00 · light 05:24–18:05

00 
good
2.1 m13s S1.2 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross 15 km/hgust19 km/h 22°
25 kJ
03 
epic
2.1 m13s S1.2 mtide0.7 ↑
cross-off 11 km/hgust12 km/h 22°
25 kJ
06 
epic
2.2 m13s S1.1 mtide0.5 ↓
cross 13 km/hgust14 km/h 22°
28 kJ
09 
good
2.3 m12s S1.1 mtide−0.7 ↓
cross 20 km/hgust19 km/h 26°
29 kJ
12 
fair
2.3 m8s ENE1.0 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross 25 km/hgust27 km/h 26°
18 kJ
15 
fair
2.2 m8s ENE1.0 mtide0.6 ↑
cross 26 km/hgust33 km/h 26°
17 kJ
18 
good
2.2 m8s ENE0.9 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 23 km/hgust34 km/h 23°
17 kJ
21 
good
2.1 m8s ENE0.8 mtide−0.6 ↓
cross 18 km/hgust20 km/h 23°
16 kJ

Tuesday 13 October goodbest 19:00–24:00 · light 05:23–18:06

00 
good
1.9 m8s ENE1.8 + 0.8 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross 23 km/hgust48 km/h 23°
13 kJ
03 
good
2.3 m8s ENE1.5 mtide0.5 ↑
cross 30 km/hgust48 km/h 21°
19 kJ
06 
good
2.7 m7s SSW1.3 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 31 km/hgust49 km/h 20°
23 kJ
09 
good
2.6 m7s SSW1.1 mtide−0.5 ↓
cross 22 km/hgust31 km/h 21°
22 kJ
12 
fair
2.1 m8s S0.8 + 0.8 + 0.6 mtide −0.6↑
cross-on 19 km/hgust22 km/h 21°
16 kJ
15 
good
1.9 m8s S0.9 + 0.8 mtide0.5 ↑
cross 20 km/hgust24 km/h 22° · 0.7 mm/h
13 kJ
18 
good
1.9 m12s S0.9 + 0.8 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 14 km/hgust25 km/h 20° · 1.4 mm/h
20 kJ
21 
epic
1.7 m11s S1.3 + 0.9 + 0.8 mtide −0.4↓
offshore 7 km/hgust8 km/h 20° · 0.2 mm/h
15 kJ

Wednesday 14 October epicbest 00:00–02:00 · light 05:22–18:06

00 
epic
1.6 m11s S1.0 + 0.9 + 0.8 mtide −0.6↑
cross-off 5 km/hgust5 km/h 20°
12 kJ
03 
good
1.5 m11s S0.9 + 0.8 + 0.8 mtide 0.3↑
cross 7 km/hgust9 km/h 19°
11 kJ
06 
good
1.5 m11s S0.9 + 0.9 + 0.7 mtide 0.6↓
cross 8 km/hgust13 km/h 20°
11 kJ
09 
good
1.4 m10s S1.0 + 0.9 + 0.6 mtide −0.3↓
cross 13 km/hgust19 km/h 23°
10 kJ
12 
poor
1.4 m10s S1.1 + 0.9 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-on 23 km/hgust26 km/h 24°
10 kJ
15 
fair
1.4 m10s S1.0 + 0.9 mtide0.3 ↑
cross 20 km/hgust25 km/h 24°
9 kJ
18 
fair
1.4 m10s S1.0 + 1.0 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 17 km/hgust23 km/h 23°
9 kJ
21 
good
1.4 m10s S0.9 + 0.9 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross-off 11 km/hgust12 km/h 25°
9 kJ

Today 15 October epicbest 19:00–24:00 · light 05:21–18:07 20° 23°

00 
good
1.4 m10s SSE0.9 + 0.8 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-off 9 km/hgust10 km/h 24°
8 kJ
03 
good
1.4 m10s SSE0.8 + 0.8 mtide0.2 ↑
offshore 6 km/hgust7 km/h 24°
8 kJ
06 
good
1.2 m10s SSE0.8 + 0.8 + 0.6 mtide 0.6↓
cross-off 6 km/hgust6 km/h 23°
7 kJ
09 
poor
1.4 m9s ESE1.0 + 0.3 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross 30 km/hgust21 km/h 24°
8 kJ
12 
fair
1.5 m9s SSE0.9 + 0.6 + 0.5 mtide −0.5↑
cross 24 km/hgust19 km/h 24°
9 kJ
15 
fair
1.5 m13s SSW0.9 + 0.8 mtide0.1 ↑
cross-on 15 km/hgust19 km/h 23°
14 kJ
18 
good
1.5 m13s SSW1.1 + 0.8 + 0.8 mtide 0.5↓
cross 4 km/hgust5 km/h 21°
14 kJ
now 
epic
1.6 m13s SSW1.4 + 0.8 mtide−0.1 ↓
glassy 1 km/hgust2 km/h 21°
14 kJ

Friday 16 October goodbest 20:00–21:00 · light 05:20–18:08 24° 23°

00 
good
1.5 m13s SSW1.3 + 0.7 + 0.4 mtide −0.5↑
cross 4 km/hgust4 km/h 21°
14 kJ
03 
good
1.6 m16s SSW1.2 + 0.8 + 0.7 mtide 0.0↑
cross 7 km/hgust7 km/h 21°
18 kJ
06 
good
1.6 m16s SSW1.5 + 0.7 mtide0.5 ↓
cross-on 4 km/hgust5 km/h 21°
19 kJ
09 
good
1.8 m15s SSW1.7 + 0.6 mtide0.0 ↓
onshore 6 km/hgust4 km/h 24°
22 kJ
12 
good
1.8 m15s SSW1.7 + 0.7 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-on 11 km/hgust9 km/h 25°
23 kJ
15 
good
1.9 m14s SSW1.7 + 0.7 mtide0.0 ↑
cross-on 13 km/hgust16 km/h 26°
22 kJ
18 
good
1.9 m14s SSW1.6 mtide0.4 ↓
cross 19 km/hgust32 km/h 24°
22 kJ
21 
good
1.9 m14s SSW1.5 mtide0.0 ↓
cross 16 km/hgust17 km/h 24°
23 kJ

Saturday 17 October poorbest 01:00–06:00 · light 05:18–18:09 25° 23°

00 
good
2.1 m13s SSW1.4 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross 19 km/hgust23 km/h 24°
26 kJ
03 
epic
2.1 m13s SSW1.3 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 14 km/hgust15 km/h 24°
28 kJ
06 
fair
2.0 m13s SSW1.6 mtide0.3 ↑
cross 37 km/hgust62 km/h 21°
24 kJ
09 
fair
2.1 m13s SSW1.4 mtide0.1 ↓
cross 31 km/hgust40 km/h 24°
27 kJ
12 
poor
2.5 m7s SSW1.2 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross 38 km/hgust43 km/h 24°
19 kJ
15 
poor
2.4 m7s S1.0 mtide0.0 ↑
cross 32 km/hgust39 km/h 23°
19 kJ
18 
good
2.3 m7s S0.9 mtide0.2 ↓
cross 22 km/hgust32 km/h 21°
17 kJ
21 
good
2.3 m7s S0.8 mtide0.1 ↓
cross 21 km/hgust34 km/h 20°
18 kJ

Sunday 18 October fairbest 02:00–06:00 · light 05:17–18:09 21° 23°

00 
good
2.2 m7s S0.8 + 0.7 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross 19 km/hgust30 km/h 20°
16 kJ
03 
epic
2.0 m7s S0.8 + 0.6 + 0.3 mtide −0.1↑
cross 9 km/hgust14 km/h 19°
13 kJ
06 
good
1.8 m12s SSW1.4 + 1.0 + 0.6 mtide 0.1↑
cross 6 km/hgust9 km/h 20°
17 kJ
09 
good
1.7 m12s SSW1.2 + 1.1 + 0.6 mtide 0.1↓
cross-on 6 km/hgust7 km/h 21°
16 kJ
12 
fair
1.7 m12s SSW1.0 + 1.0 + 0.8 mtide −0.1↓
cross-on 13 km/hgust14 km/h 21°
16 kJ
15 
poor
1.7 m13s SSW1.3 + 0.9 + 0.6 mtide −0.1↑
cross-on 23 km/hgust27 km/h 21°
18 kJ
18 
good
1.7 m13s SSW1.3 + 0.8 + 0.6 mtide 0.1↑
cross 11 km/hgust17 km/h 20° · 1.2 mm/h
17 kJ
21 
epic
1.7 m13s SSW1.5 + 0.6 mtide0.1 ↓
cross-off 11 km/hgust23 km/h 20° · 0.3 mm/h
16 kJ

Monday 19 October poorbest 03:00–04:00 · light 05:16–18:10 17° 23°

00 
good
1.7 m13s SSW1.5 + 0.7 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross 18 km/hgust34 km/h 19°
16 kJ
03 
epic
1.7 m13s SSW1.5 + 0.7 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 7 km/hgust15 km/h 19°
16 kJ
06 
good
1.7 m13s SSW0.7 mtide0.0 ↑
cross-off 19 km/hgust40 km/h 20°
16 kJ
09 
poor
3.0 m7s SSW0.6 mtide0.1 ↑
cross 43 km/hgust59 km/h 21°
27 kJ
12 
poor
4.7 m9s SSW0.5 mtide0.1 ↓
cross 45 km/hgust68 km/h 17° · 0.6 mm/h
89 kJ
15 
poor
5.2 m11s SSW0.4 mtide0.0 ↓
cross 39 km/hgust68 km/h 18°
132 kJ
18 
poor
5.2 m11s SSW0.5 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 36 km/hgust58 km/h 17°
136 kJ
21 
poor
4.9 m11s SSW0.5 mtide0.0 ↑
cross 31 km/hgust49 km/h 16°
123 kJ

Tuesday 20 October fairbest 07:00–08:00 · light 05:15–18:11 15° 23°

00 
fair
4.4 m12s SSW0.4 mtide0.1 ↓
cross 22 km/hgust40 km/h 15°
100 kJ
03 
fair
3.8 m12s SSW0.4 mtide0.0 ↓
cross-off 17 km/hgust34 km/h 15°
75 kJ
06 
good
3.3 m11s SSW3.3 + 0.4 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross-off 10 km/hgust15 km/h 14°
55 kJ
08 
good
3.0 m11s S3.0 + 0.3 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 9 km/hgust10 km/h 17°
46 kJ
11 
good
2.7 m11s S2.7 + 0.3 mtide0.2 ↑
onshore 12 km/hgust12 km/h 19°
36 kJ
14 
fair
2.5 m11s S2.4 + 0.3 mtide0.2 ↓
cross-on 22 km/hgust25 km/h 19°
29 kJ
17 
fair
2.3 m11s S2.1 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross 32 km/hgust40 km/h 19°
27 kJ
20 
good
2.4 m11s S1.9 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross 27 km/hgust46 km/h 18°
27 kJ
23 
good
2.3 m11s S1.7 mtide0.1 ↑
cross 24 km/hgust41 km/h 17°
26 kJ

Wednesday 21 October epicbest 02:00–08:00 · light 05:15–18:12 16° 23°

02 
epic
2.2 m11s SSE1.5 + 0.4 mtide0.2 ↓
cross-off 14 km/hgust23 km/h 16°
23 kJ
05 
epic
1.9 m11s SE1.4 + 0.5 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross-off 10 km/hgust13 km/h 15°
18 kJ
08 
good
1.8 m11s SE1.3 + 1.1 + 0.5 mtide −0.3↑
cross 10 km/hgust13 km/h 23°
15 kJ
11 
good
1.6 m9s SE1.2 + 0.9 + 0.5 mtide 0.2↑
onshore 7 km/hgust21 km/h 23°
10 kJ
14 
fair
1.6 m9s SE1.2 + 0.7 mtide0.4 ↓
cross-on 16 km/hgust23 km/h 24°
10 kJ
17 
good
1.6 m9s SE1.1 + 0.6 + 0.5 mtide −0.1↓
cross 12 km/hgust18 km/h 22°
10 kJ
20 
epic
1.5 m10s SSE1.2 + 1.0 + 0.5 mtide −0.4↑
offshore 7 km/hgust6 km/h 19°
10 kJ
23 
epic
1.5 m10s SSE1.1 + 1.0 + 0.5 mtide 0.1↑
cross-off 8 km/hgust7 km/h 18°
10 kJ

Thursday 22 October fairbest 02:00–11:00 · light 05:14–18:13 22° 23°

02 
epic
1.6 m10s SSE1.0 + 1.0 + 0.8 mtide 0.4↓
offshore 6 km/hgust6 km/h 17°
11 kJ
05 
epic
1.7 m10s S1.5 + 1.0 + 0.4 mtide −0.1↓
cross-off 7 km/hgust6 km/h 17°
13 kJ
08 
epic
1.9 m11s S1.8 + 0.9 + 0.4 mtide −0.4↑
cross 11 km/hgust19 km/h 21°
19 kJ
11 
fair
2.2 m13s SSW2.0 + 0.8 + 0.3 mtide 0.1↑
onshore 14 km/hgust9 km/h 22°
28 kJ
14 
fair
2.1 m12s SSW2.0 + 0.8 + 0.3 mtide 0.6↓
cross-on 20 km/hgust25 km/h 22°
25 kJ
17 
fair
2.0 m12s SSW1.8 + 0.7 + 0.3 mtide 0.0↓
cross 32 km/hgust38 km/h 20°
21 kJ
20 
fair
1.8 m12s SSW1.7 + 0.6 + 0.3 mtide −0.6↑
cross 25 km/hgust37 km/h 19°
18 kJ
23 
good
1.8 m12s SSW1.5 + 0.6 + 0.3 mtide 0.0↑
cross 22 km/hgust36 km/h 18° · 0.4 mm/h
17 kJ

Friday 23 October epicbest 08:00–14:00 · light 05:13–18:13 17° 23°

02 
good
1.9 m12s SSW1.4 + 0.5 + 0.3 mtide 0.5↓
cross-off 21 km/hgust38 km/h 17° · 0.4 mm/h
19 kJ
05 
good
2.0 m11s SSW1.2 + 0.5 + 0.3 mtide 0.0↓
cross 21 km/hgust39 km/h 17° · 0.2 mm/h
21 kJ
08 
epic
2.2 m11s SSW0.4 + 0.2 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross 20 km/hgust36 km/h 17°
24 kJ
11 
epic
2.1 m11s SSW0.4 + 0.2 mtide0.0 ↑
cross 16 km/hgust28 km/h 18°
22 kJ
14 
fair
2.0 m11s SSW1.1 + 0.4 + 0.2 mtide 0.7↓
cross 20 km/hgust25 km/h 19°
19 kJ
17 
fair
1.9 m11s S1.8 + 0.4 + 0.2 mtide 0.1↓
cross-on 15 km/hgust21 km/h 18° · 0.2 mm/h
18 kJ
20 
good
1.8 m11s S1.8 + 0.4 + 0.2 mtide −0.7↑
onshore 10 km/hgust15 km/h 17° · 0.2 mm/h
17 kJ
23 
good
1.8 m11s S1.8 + 0.4 + 0.2 mtide −0.2↑
cross-on 12 km/hgust17 km/h 17° · 0.4 mm/h
16 kJ

Saturday 24 October poorbest 23:00–24:00 · light 05:11–18:14 22° 23°

02 
good
1.8 m11s S1.8 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 15 km/hgust25 km/h 17° · 0.3 mm/h
16 kJ
05 
good
1.8 m11s S1.6 + 0.3 + 0.2 mtide 0.1↓
cross 17 km/hgust31 km/h 16°
16 kJ
08 
fair
1.9 m11s S1.5 + 0.5 + 0.4 mtide −0.7↑
cross 28 km/hgust42 km/h 19°
18 kJ
11 
poor
2.1 m11s S1.4 + 0.3 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 41 km/hgust44 km/h 22°
21 kJ
14 
poor
2.2 m6s ENE1.2 + 0.3 mtide0.8 ↓
cross 43 km/hgust49 km/h 22°
13 kJ
17 
poor
2.3 m6s ENE1.1 + 0.3 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 39 km/hgust53 km/h 21°
15 kJ
20 
good
2.3 m7s ENE1.0 + 0.4 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross 28 km/hgust48 km/h 19°
16 kJ
23 
epic
2.0 m7s ENE0.9 + 0.3 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-off 10 km/hgust13 km/h 17°
13 kJ

Sunday 25 October epicbest 02:00–05:00 · light 05:10–18:15

02 
epic
1.8 m7s ENE1.5 + 0.8 + 0.3 mtide 0.7↓
cross-off 3 km/hgust3 km/h 18°
10 kJ
05 
good
1.6 m7s ENE1.3 + 0.8 + 0.3 mtide 0.4↓
cross-off 9 km/hgust12 km/h 18°
8 kJ
08 
good
1.7 m7s ENE1.0 + 0.3 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross 17 km/hgust27 km/h 23°
9 kJ
11 
poor
1.7 m7s E0.9 + 0.7 + 0.3 mtide −0.4↑
cross-on 29 km/hgust31 km/h 24°
9 kJ
14 
poor
1.6 m7s E0.8 + 0.7 + 0.3 mtide 0.8↓
cross 26 km/hgust31 km/h 23°
8 kJ
17 
poor
1.5 m7s ESE0.8 + 0.5 + 0.5 mtide 0.6↓
cross-on 25 km/hgust — —
7 kJ
20 
poor
1.5 m7s SE0.7 + 0.5 + 0.4 mtide −0.7↑
cross-on 23 km/hgust — —
7 kJ
23 
fair
1.4 m7s SE0.7 + 0.5 + 0.4 mtide −0.6↑
cross-on 19 km/hgust — —
6 kJ

Monday 26 October poorbest 02:00–24:00 · light 05:09–18:15

02 
poor
1.3 m7s SE0.6 + 0.4 + 0.3 mtide 0.6↓
cross-on 28 km/hgust — —
6 kJ
05 
poor
1.4 m6s SE0.6 + 0.2 mtide0.6 ↓
cross-on 28 km/hgust — —
6 kJ
08 
poor
1.5 m5s S0.6 + 0.2 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-on 31 km/hgust — —
6 kJ
11 
poor
1.6 m6s S0.5 + 0.5 + 0.2 mtide −0.6↑
cross-on 28 km/hgust — —
6 kJ
14 
poor
1.5 m6s S0.5 + 0.5 + 0.3 mtide 0.7↑
cross-on 26 km/hgust — —
6 kJ
17 
poor
1.6 m6s SSE0.5 + 0.4 + 0.4 mtide 0.8↓
cross-on 25 km/hgust — —
7 kJ
20 
poor
1.7 m6s SSE0.8 + 0.4 + 0.2 mtide −0.5↓
cross-on 27 km/hgust — —
7 kJ
23 
poor
1.7 m12s SSW0.8 + 0.4 + 0.2 mtide −0.8↑
onshore 25 km/hgust — —
15 kJ

Tuesday 27 October fairbest 14:00–24:00 · light 05:08–18:16

02 
fair
1.8 m7s SSE0.8 + 0.4 + 0.2 mtide 0.4↑
onshore 19 km/hgust — —
10 kJ
05 
poor
1.8 m7s SSE0.8 + 0.4 + 0.2 mtide 0.7↓
cross-on 22 km/hgust — —
11 kJ
08 
poor
1.8 m8s SSE0.8 + 0.4 mtide−0.5 ↓
onshore 23 km/hgust — —
11 kJ
11 
poor
1.9 m8s SSE0.8 + 0.4 + 0.1 mtide −0.8↑
onshore 22 km/hgust — —
12 kJ
14 
fair
1.8 m8s SSE1.6 + 0.8 + 0.4 mtide 0.5↑
onshore 14 km/hgust — —
12 kJ
17 
fair
1.7 m8s SSE1.7 + 0.4 + 0.1 mtide 0.9↓
cross 16 km/hgust ——
10 kJ
20 
fair
1.6 m8s SSE1.6 + 0.4 mtide−0.3 ↓
cross 22 km/hgust ——
9 kJ
23 
fair
1.6 m8s SSE1.6 mtide−0.9 ↑
cross 29 km/hgust ——
9 kJ

Wednesday 28 October poorbest 02:00–05:00 · light 05:07–18:17

02 
fair
1.6 m8s SSE1.6 mtide0.2 ↑
cross 33 km/hgust ——
9 kJ
05 
poor
1.7 m8s SSE1.5 mtide0.8 ↓
cross 42 km/hgust ——
10 kJ
08 
poor
1.8 m8s SSE1.2 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross 51 km/hgust ——
12 kJ
11 
poor
2.1 m6s ENE1.0 mtide−0.9 ↑
cross 57 km/hgust ——
12 kJ
14 
poor
2.3 m6s ENE0.9 mtide0.2 ↑
cross 56 km/hgust ——
15 kJ
17 
poor
2.3 m7s ENE0.8 mtide0.9 ↓
cross 52 km/hgust ——
17 kJ
20 
poor
2.3 m7s ENE0.7 mtide0.0 ↓
cross 52 km/hgust ——
17 kJ
23 
poor
2.3 m7s ENE0.7 mtide−0.9 ↑
cross 50 km/hgust ——
18 kJ

Thursday 29 October fairbest 05:00–08:00 · light 05:06–18:18

02 
fair
2.1 m8s ENE0.6 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 37 km/hgust ——
15 kJ
05 
epic
1.8 m8s ENE1.7 + 0.6 + 0.2 mtide 0.8↓
cross-off 17 km/hgust — —
11 kJ
08 
good
1.6 m8s ENE1.5 + 0.6 + 0.2 mtide 0.1↓
cross 15 km/hgust ——
9 kJ
11 
good
1.5 m8s ENE1.3 + 0.6 + 0.1 mtide −0.8↑
cross-on 10 km/hgust — —
7 kJ
14 
fair
1.3 m8s ENE1.2 + 0.5 + 0.2 mtide −0.1↑
cross-on 9 km/hgust — —
6 kJ
17 
fair
1.3 m8s ENE1.1 + 0.5 + 0.2 mtide 0.8↓
cross 15 km/hgust ——
6 kJ
20 
fair
1.3 m8s E0.5 + 0.3 + 0.2 mtide 0.2↓
cross 29 km/hgust ——
6 kJ
23 
poor
1.4 m8s ENE1.2 + 0.5 + 0.4 mtide −0.7↑
cross 38 km/hgust ——
7 kJ

Friday 30 October poorbest 02:00–24:00 · light 05:05–18:18

02 
poor
2.3 m6s SSW1.2 + 0.4 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross 51 km/hgust ——
13 kJ
05 
poor
2.8 m7s SSW1.0 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 50 km/hgust ——
25 kJ
08 
poor
3.2 m8s SSW0.8 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 50 km/hgust ——
37 kJ
11 
poor
3.7 m9s SSW0.6 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross 53 km/hgust ——
58 kJ
14 
poor
3.9 m10s SSW0.5 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross 49 km/hgust ——
72 kJ
17 
poor
4.6 m11s SSW0.5 mtide0.5 ↓
cross 52 km/hgust ——
107 kJ
20 
poor
4.6 m12s SSW0.4 mtide0.4 ↓
cross 50 km/hgust ——
113 kJ
23 
poor
4.1 m12s SSW0.4 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross 44 km/hgust ——
89 kJ

Wind read from the nearest model point, up to 18 km — that is not the wind at the beach.

Swell read from the nearest model point, up to 18 km. Swell travels, so it still holds here.

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Tide

EOT20 prediction
0006121824
now −0.2 m ↓H 05:30 · 0.6L 11:30 · −0.5H 17:30 · 0.5

Heights vs mean sea level

Optimal: any.

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40°210°Margate

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  • 1.2 m · 13 s · SSW 197°In the window
  • 0.7 m · 8 s · ENE 76°secondary

Clean — 121° between the two swells. Window NE–SSW, 40°–210°.

Type
—
Faces
125° SE
Optimal period
—
Optimal tide
any
Level
—
Coordinates
−30.912, 30.3359

Model agreement

Medium

NOAA GFS-Wave1.6 m

ECMWF IFS-WAM1.7 m

DWD GWAM1.3 m

No buoy within 25 km, so agreement can’t be scored here.

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