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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 22 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
19.5° C
(Which is 3.3°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: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
1
!
!
4
!
5
5
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)1313131314141716161616151414141313131378888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)430843742440276748892420428436643277290526012320166314841178794673483395376411291400348
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
NE
10
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:40AM
1.80
7:18PM
1.69
7:40AM
1.61
8:42PM
1.57
9:23AM
1.46
10:41PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51PM
0.73
1:18AM
0.88
1:52PM
0.89
2:54AM
1.03
3:39PM
0.99
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-6:33-------6:35-------6:35------
Sunset----5:37-------5:37-------5:36---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161619191918171717161920201918181718212423212120
Feels °C (?)10911111314151615141414141313121011141818171918
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