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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 30 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
19.7° C
(Which is 3.7°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 12PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.4
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.9
E
2
E
2.4
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)11111111101010101010116677777888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)198194191229216208198194161174143141253328351343306315323408463690709669
Wind
(km/h)
0
E
5
NE
15
ENE
20
E
25
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:22AM
1.92
2:39PM
1.85
2:54AM
2.04
3:09PM
1.93
3:24AM
2.12
3:37PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38AM
0.59
8:41PM
0.54
9:07AM
0.49
9:09PM
0.46
9:33AM
0.43
9:36PM
0.40
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:18------
Sunset----6:07-------6:05-------6:04---
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1---1222221--1----------
Temp. °C212122232323232323232324232323232324262624242424
Feels °C (?)232323232223242524232221212121222223242422232323
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