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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 04 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
18.4° C
(Which is 4.9°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 6PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
3
3
4
3
3
!
2
2
1
!
!
!
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.2
E
0.8
ESE
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
3.5
SW
1.6
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SW
4
SW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)889888121212141413141817161616161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)234201109133130137153343404245572663106126112434684413273157134137005659706622972070
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
1.97
5:06AM
2.03
5:20PM
1.90
5:29AM
1.93
5:45PM
1.80
5:53AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:48AM
0.43
10:54PM
0.47
11:14AM
0.49
11:20PM
0.56
11:40AM
0.58
11:47PM
0.68
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise-------6:22-------6:22-------6:22
Sunset--6:00-------5:59-------5:58-----
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thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-11--11-111112----------
Temp. °C232323232120202020202019191918182122211918171717
Feels °C (?)252424242119202020192018181513121415141312111213
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