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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 07 Apr 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
17.4° C
(Which is 5.9°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 1PM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)141414141313131314141313131312121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1895185818321868173617081708142212941161991852737623504409339333276271209198116112
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
10
SSE
15
SE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
NNE
20
WNW
15
NW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.82
6:14PM
1.69
6:19AM
1.69
6:48PM
1.56
6:51AM
1.54
7:45PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
0.69
12:15AM
0.82
12:39PM
0.82
12:49AM
0.97
1:21PM
0.95
1:47AM
1.11
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:22-------6:24-------6:24------
Sunset----5:55-------5:54-------5:53---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------1--
Temp. °C181820212020191818182425232222242526312927232424
Feels °C (?)161619191718171616162021202021242526312928222325
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