Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Albatross today (14 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Albatross at 8AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (14 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 10s |
| Evening (14 Oct) | 7ft (2.2m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Albatross. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | Friday 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 694 | 569 | 469 | 469 | 441 | 639 | 1408 | 1703 | 1952 | 2063 | 2180 | 2467 | 2561 | 4757 | 4364 | 3728 | 3095 | 2664 | 2187 | 1863 | 1651 | 1429 | 1188 | 976 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | glassy | cross-on | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | on | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:05AM1.48m | 5:14PM1.50m | 5:32AM1.38m | 5:41PM1.37m | 6:02AM1.26m | 6:09PM1.24m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:04AM0.25m | 11:24PM0.26m | 11:31AM0.36m | 11:52PM0.38m | 12:01PM0.49m | |||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | |  | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 5:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:34 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 17 |
Feels °C | 15 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 |
| kJ | 694 | 569 | 469 | 469 | 441 | 639 | 1408 | 1703 | 1952 | 2063 | 2180 | 2467 | 2561 | 4757 | 4364 | 3728 | 3095 | 2664 | 2187 | 1863 | 1651 | 1429 | 1188 | 976 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 |
| kJ | 57 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 78 | 85 | 92 | 97 | 80 | 82 | 84 | 427 | 1170 | 66 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 50 | 33 | 33 | 21 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | ESE 4 | SW 12 | SW 12 | E 8 | NE 10 | NE 10 | — | — | E 8 | E 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 4 | E 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 6 | 126 | 256 | 113 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 65 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 3 | E 3 | — | — | WSW 4 | W 4 | WSW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 10 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 198 | 60 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Albatross surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest