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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 23 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
21.5° C
(Which is 2.6°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 10PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (23 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (23 Feb)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
Thursday
26
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
E
1.7
ENE
1.4
E
1.2
E
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.5
SSW
0.8
S
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)7777121288881213136671377612688
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3873192101461411411491811951731521681732272071891311481048181554646
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
10
N
20
NNW
10
NE
10
ENE
5
W
20
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
W
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
0
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
1.62
8:00AM
1.68
8:28PM
1.45
9:24AM
1.50
10:43PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
0.68
1:27AM
0.71
2:15PM
0.85
2:28AM
0.90
3:59PM
0.98
4:57AM
1.01
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52
Sunset--6:51-------6:50-------6:49-----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-2232--------41---------
Temp. °C262421202020202125262424222221222524242322212122
Feels °C (?)272620212122181925252222202119212321222423222224
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