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Albatross surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 12 Feb 2026 SAST
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Albatross surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Albatross sea temperature is
23.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Albatross today?

The current surf forecast for Albatross at 2AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (13 Feb)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (13 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
4
4
3
4
3
4
3
3
3
4
8
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
SSW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)101013131313131213131414141414131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)125612172737260124152173200817951619256142935493639774756564622854184755432440013691316128902509
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
S
10
SE
10
E
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		glassglassoncross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:58AM
1.09
1:59PM
1.22
2:31AM
1.25
2:33PM
1.36
2:59AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:47PM
0.59
7:54AM
0.61
8:22PM
0.45
8:30AM
0.47
8:49PM
0.30
9:01AM
0.34
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-----5:52-------5:52-------5:54--
Sunset7:15-------7:15-------7:14-------
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1--------1-211----------
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Feels °C (?)191820222120222219161414121414141517171617171715
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