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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 29 Apr 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
18.8° C
(Which is 3.9°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 11AM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Afternoon (29 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (29 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
1
Sat
2
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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3
2
2
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
S
14
4
S
14
3.5
S
14
3.5
S
14
3.5
S
14
3
S
13
3
SSE
13
2.5
S
13
2.5
SSE
12
2.3
SSE
12
2.1
SSE
12
1.8
SSE
12
1.6
S
12
1.5
S
11
1
S
18
1.9
SSW
17
2.4
S
16
2.3
S
15
2.2
S
14
2
S
14
1.9
S
14
1.8
S
14
1.7
S
13
1.6
S
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5426
5973
5633
4647
3788
3198
2759
2287
1812
1461
1180
928
687
565
661
2136
2791
2311
2004
1691
1463
1208
1034
905
Wind (km/h)
25
W
20
W
20
SW
20
S
15
SSE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
5
NNW
10
SSW
5
E
0
W
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
15
S
15
SSE
5
N
20
NNE
10
NW
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
2:23AM2.00m
2:41PM1.85m
2:53AM2.05m
3:10PM1.91m
3:20AM2.07m
3:37PM1.94m
Low Tide
8:38AM0.58m
8:36PM0.58m
9:04AM0.53m
9:05PM0.54m
9:30AM0.49m
9:33PM0.52m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
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6:39
6:39
6:41
6:41
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5:30
5:30
5:29
5:28
Temp °C
15
16
19
20
19
18
17
16
16
16
21
21
22
22
21
20
17
18
20
21
20
19
19
20
10
11
15
16
17
17
16
14
13
13
19
18
20
21
19
18
13
14
16
19
19
19
17
18
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
S
14
4
S
14
3.5
S
14
3.5
S
14
3.5
S
14
3
S
13
3
SSE
13
2.5
S
13
2.5
SSE
12
2.3
SSE
12
2.1
SSE
12
1.8
SSE
12
1.6
S
12
1.5
S
11
1.4
S
11
1.9
SSW
17
2.4
S
16
2.3
S
15
2.2
S
14
2
S
14
1.9
S
14
1.8
S
14
1.7
S
13
1.6
S
13
Energy kJ
5426
5973
5633
4647
3788
3198
2759
2287
1812
1461
1180
928
687
565
466
2136
2791
2311
2004
1691
1463
1208
1034
905
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.5
S
15
0.6
S
14
0.5
S
14
1
S
18
1.1
SSE
11
0.3
E
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
10
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
NE
8
Energy kJ
31
31
31
31
31
30
30
16
87
85
81
110
153
103
661
308
17
19
17
16
16
16
17
10
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
18
0.3
SSW
18
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
10
0.3
ENE
5
0.4
ENE
5
0.4
ENE
5
0.5
SSW
13
0.4
ENE
6
0.3
ENE
6
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.1
NE
8
0.2
ENE
9
0.3
E
10
Energy kJ
30
30
60
16
16
19
4
9
9
101
10
6
32
31
31
2
7
16
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
NE
4
0.6
NE
4
0.8
SW
4
0.5
NE
8
0.6
NE
8
Energy kJ
10
11
17
35
42
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
8
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
5
4
3
4
4
4
3
Distance (km)
1
1
28
234
57
23
23
5
26
5
0
0
15
0
0
0
0
28
57
234
57
5
26
0
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
8
9
8
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
8
9
8
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
9
9
8
8
8
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
5
5
5
5
5
4
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