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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 28 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
20.2° C
(Which is 3.4°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 12PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
SSW
0.6
S
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)1111119116111012121111111111111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1511141101548699240346593521343263268217217214198194191187177170167164
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
E
0
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglassglassoncross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:18PM
1.58
1:43AM
1.76
2:04PM
1.73
2:22AM
1.92
2:39PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
0.89
7:30PM
0.81
8:05AM
0.72
8:09PM
0.66
8:38AM
0.59
8:41PM
0.54
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise-6:16-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset----6:08-------6:07-------6:07---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---12----------------111
Temp. °C222123222221202020202122212221212121222222232323
Feels °C (?)221920192120191918192021212323232222222121222222
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