Barbel Point surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 13 Oct 2025 SAST
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Barbel Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Barbel Point sea temperature is
19.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Barbel Point today?

The current surf forecast for Barbel Point at 2PM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (13 Oct)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (13 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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

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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
0
2
2
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SE
1.8
ESE
1.6
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)8889989997888877778888810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)448432381454384346326321338622868634408257243233222236256207202244313940
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
25
SW
40
SW
50
SW
45
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02PM
1.06
9:36AM
1.02
10:49PM
0.98
12:07PM
1.11
12:37AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39PM
0.59
2:33AM
0.62
4:16PM
0.71
5:22AM
0.63
6:39PM
0.60
6:47AM
0.51
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise-------5:28-------5:26-------5:24
Sunset--6:15-------6:16-------6:17-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232322212020192224212019181817182019191716151517
Feels °C (?)212020191819202019131414141413131514151412979
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 63 km away suggest it is still onshore at Barbel Point (fresh winds from the ENE.(Wind varies from 030 to 090 degs) at East London Airport). 1.7m 9s swell from the SE with a 0.8m 12s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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