Coffee Bay Point surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 SAST
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Coffee Bay Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Coffee Bay Point sea temperature is
23.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Coffee Bay Point today?

The current surf forecast for Coffee Bay Point at 4PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (29 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (29 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131413131313131313131313121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)362362304313318309265257209209209209222222269199187164158115109796866
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
25
ESE
15
E
5
NE
5
E
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
5
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNW
5
W
5
WNW
0
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
onononglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
1.29
2:03AM
1.25
2:22PM
1.42
2:54AM
1.42
3:09PM
1.54
3:36AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
0.43
8:06AM
0.41
8:42PM
0.27
8:59AM
0.27
9:23PM
0.14
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-------5:24-------5:26-------5:26
Sunset--7:07-------7:06-------7:05-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2111-1111------1---11---
Temp. °C232323232323232325252524242424242526262524232224
Feels °C (?)252423242424252526252728282828262728292828262528
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