Corner Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts

Corner surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 17 Aug 2025 SAST

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

Today's Corner sea temperature is 18.5° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Corner today?

The current surf forecast for Corner at 1AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 17). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.9m 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 (18 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	14s
Evening (18 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Eastern Cape – Wild Coast Surf

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	Sunday 17			Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	16	16	15	15	6	16	7	9	9	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	56	45	31	102	97	59	58	71	75	85	73	41	62	93	87	66	65	196	177	162	203	170	128	169
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNW	SSE	SSE	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	W	W	NNW	NNE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			10:44PM 1.51					11:53AM 1.40				12:35AM 1.55				1:24PM 1.54				1:46AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	3:40PM 0.92					5:31AM 0.94				6:05PM 0.94				7:13AM 0.83				7:37PM 0.82					8:08AM 0.69

	Sunday 17			Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	17	17	17	19	27	21	20	20	20	19	18	16	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	19	20
Feels °C (?)	18	19	16	16	15	18	26	19	20	21	20	18	16	13	15	14	14	16	16	16	15	14	15	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Wind reports 60 km away suggest it is still onshore at Corner (light winds from the E at Bisho). 0.7m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 59 minutes ago Corner

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