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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
20.4° C
(Which is 3.1°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 7AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)611111111911117101212111111111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2381571511121101548686138346614521343263268217217214198194191184177173
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
N
10
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
ENE
0
SE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
1.58
1:18PM
1.58
1:43AM
1.76
2:04PM
1.73
2:22AM
1.92
2:39PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
0.89
7:30PM
0.81
8:05AM
0.72
8:09PM
0.66
8:38AM
0.59
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise---6:16-------6:16-------6:18----
Sunset------6:08-------6:07-------6:07-
clear
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-1---12----------------1
Temp. °C242322212222222120201920212121222121212123232323
Feels °C (?)252624202019202019191719202021232322222223222222
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