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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 10 Jan 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
19.1° C
 (Which is 4.3°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: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
0.9
SSW
2.5
ENE
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111111010101514141313788888819817161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5734663823082502042755086465134144224914964888919138046301003740803725697
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
40
ENE
35
ENE
5
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
1.61
8:26PM
1.40
9:17AM
1.51
9:35PM
1.31
10:35AM
1.44
11:23PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:29PM
0.84
2:29AM
0.78
3:34PM
0.93
3:34AM
0.89
5:10PM
0.95
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-5:09-------5:09-------5:11------
Sunset----7:20-------7:20-------7:20---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212122232323222223252728272524232327303026242424
Feels °C (?)212020202021212123252526242424232325272830272524
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