Claptons Coils Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.10° S 24.90° E)

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Claptons Coils surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 SAST

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Claptons Coils surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Claptons Coils sea temperature is 18.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Claptons Coils today?

The current surf forecast for Claptons Coils at 1PM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 3.0m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	9s
Evening (18 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	9s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	2	2	1	2	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	SSW	S	E	E	E	E	S	E	E	S	S	S	S	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	10	12	15	9	9	9	10	14	10	10	12	13	13	13	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2	0	513	2	2	2	7	449	2	7	607	848	760	663	843	1241	1276	1159	963	900	696	557	484	363
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WNW	NW	N	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	N	WNW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					2:07PM 1.43				2:20AM 1.42				2:39PM 1.57				2:51AM 1.51				3:07PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		7:56AM 0.34					8:21PM 0.31				8:29AM 0.22				8:52PM 0.20				8:57AM 0.13				9:20PM 0.12

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	15	18	19	18	16	17	16	16	16	23	22	20	17	16	16
Feels °C (?)	9	9	10	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	9	11	11	12	15	20	15	14	13	13	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Fence (Port Elizabeth) (moderate winds from the SW at Port Elizabeth Airport 4 km from Fence (Port Elizabeth)). A 2.4m groundswell from the S
1 hour 45 minutes ago Fence (Port Elizabeth)

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1 h 45 min ago

13 km/h

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