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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 05 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
22.6° C
 (Which is 1.7°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: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (06 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
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
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.5
SSW
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)6677118881212121110108881010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1191338291655563718111198275290226108926260595983484739
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
15
N
5
NW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
15
SSE
0
WSW
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		glasscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55PM
1.87
6:18AM
1.95
6:23PM
1.78
6:47AM
1.84
6:50PM
1.66
7:16AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
0.37
12:21PM
0.54
12:25AM
0.47
12:51PM
0.65
12:54AM
0.60
1:23PM
0.77
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-----5:35-------5:35-------5:37--
Sunset7:08-------7:07-------7:07-------
thunderstorm
heavy rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
114------1---1--133---1112
Temp. °C272223242323252524242222222325232424242323222324
Feels °C (?)282223272121232324272323232425242423262624232525
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