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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 23 Mar 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
21.9° C
(Which is 1.8°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 4AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
S
1.8
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
2
E
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.1
E
2.5
ENE
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)611111111111171514141414141414148888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1301401401401281732251311377822799799788674684580537453763803823601827450
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
40
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
25
NNE
30
ENE
10
N
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:08AM
2.03
6:27PM
1.82
6:48AM
1.84
7:12PM
1.65
7:39AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
0.45
12:18PM
0.53
12:27AM
0.61
12:59PM
0.71
1:12AM
0.80
1:53PM
0.89
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:13-------6:13-------6:13----
Sunset------6:15-------6:15-------6:13-
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
mod rain
Rain (mm)
--111-----1------------7
Temp. °C232221222323222221212121222223232222222432312722
Feels °C (?)262119202122202019181917191819201919202430303121
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