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Eastern Beach surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 SAST
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Eastern Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Eastern Beach sea temperature is
18.4° C
 (Which is 5.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Eastern Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Eastern Beach at 2AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (19 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
!
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
0.7
E
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSW
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)1010111111111212121212101011111167791471313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1222180285071164559655047846439733022522518719429710814513021419186201551
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
S
20
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
5
SSE
5
NE
5
NNE
15
NE
25
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrossglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:47PM
1.83
4:14AM
1.86
4:18PM
1.88
4:43AM
1.92
4:49PM
1.90
5:14AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
0.40
10:15AM
0.51
10:29PM
0.35
10:47AM
0.46
10:58PM
0.33
11:19AM
0.44
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-----5:18-------5:18-------5:20--
Sunset7:19-------7:19-------7:17-------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C222119181719212221212019182021212120202018202323
Feels °C (?)151617151517181919212018161717191818202017181918
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