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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
20.6° 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 7AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
!
!
!
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111121212121211111112121214141414151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16717622128334949733633732546354066076712312593286625615387572643941939208218261303
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
W
20
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:00AM
1.68
2:19PM
1.74
2:43AM
1.86
2:58PM
1.86
3:18AM
2.01
3:32PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
0.72
8:32PM
0.61
8:55AM
0.57
9:05PM
0.47
9:29AM
0.45
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---5:54-------5:56-------5:56----
Sunset------6:45-------6:44-------6:43-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222020222524232222212021242320191817171720202120
Feels °C (?)212020222321212121191819221814141211111013141618
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