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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 08 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
22.4° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 1AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (09 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (09 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
S
1.3
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.8
ENE
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
E
Period(s) (?)66141313131312121212121212121111710101010108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)655566178225277468501285276339362423416327311295302218206167167131124
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
20
NE
25
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
20
W
5
W
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNE
10
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		offoffglassoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18PM
1.54
7:48AM
1.58
7:53PM
1.40
8:33AM
1.44
9:07PM
1.27
10:31AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25AM
0.75
2:02PM
0.89
2:02AM
0.90
3:06PM
1.01
3:15AM
1.05
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----5:37-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset7:06-------7:05-------7:05-------
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
838221-1--2-------1------
Temp. °C232223232323252626242324242527282622222222242627
Feels °C (?)242324252323252627252224262728302921242424262728
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