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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 08 May 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
19.0° C
(Which is 3.6°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 2PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Fri morning, light winds from the ESE by Sat morning).

Friday
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Mon
11
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5
S
12
4.5
SSE
12
4.5
SSE
12
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.4
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
12
2.1
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
1.1
SW
9
1.7
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6798
5411
5711
5547
5195
4768
4167
3611
2837
2325
1945
1619
1310
1104
854
668
487
352
279
194
140
109
197
780
Wind (km/h)
40
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
SE
15
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
6:49AM1.58m
7:50PM1.56m
7:58AM1.47m
9:22PM1.53m
9:50AM1.43m
10:58PM1.60m
Low Tide
1:16PM0.88m
1:58AM1.06m
2:26PM0.97m
3:50AM1.08m
4:09PM0.98m
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:46
6:47
6:47
6:48
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5:22
5:22
5:21
5:20
1
2
Temp °C
15
15
18
18
18
16
15
14
14
14
18
19
20
19
18
18
18
19
26
25
22
20
17
17
7
7
10
10
12
11
11
10
11
11
16
16
17
16
14
13
13
14
22
17
13
11
8
7
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
S
12
4.5
SSE
12
4.5
SSE
12
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.4
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
12
2.1
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
1.1
SW
9
1.7
SSW
11
Energy kJ
5136
5411
5711
5547
5195
4768
4167
3611
2837
2325
1945
1619
1310
1104
854
668
487
352
279
194
140
109
197
780
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
SW
16
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.4
SW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.4
ENE
4
0.6
ENE
6
1
ENE
7
1.1
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
8
Energy kJ
255
184
149
78
80
50
48
29
91
15
15
14
64
48
7
20
93
135
130
104
81
63
46
35
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SE
18
0.3
SW
15
0.2
WSW
19
0.3
SW
18
0.3
SW
18
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
17
0.4
SW
16
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
SW
15
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.3
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.7
SW
8
0.5
SSE
10
0.4
SE
13
Energy kJ
327
34
37
49
49
26
44
91
27
27
26
60
14
14
56
84
54
41
37
35
17
63
52
42
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5
S
12
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.5
SW
12
0.6
NE
3
0.8
NE
5
1.1
NE
6
1.4
NE
7
1.5
ENE
7
1.8
NE
8
0.4
WSW
3
0.7
WSW
6
0.6
W
4
0.8
W
4
0.9
WNW
4
Energy kJ
6798
65
61
58
75
9
25
86
189
250
375
2
34
9
18
28
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
6
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Distance (km)
235
297
234
436
235
1
1
1
1
1
23
95
15
5
5
15
15
15
0
161
242
226
354
374
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
8
7
6
6
5
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
2
3
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
8
7
6
6
6
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
4
5
9
7
9
5
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