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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 16 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
20.7° C
(Which is 3.2°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 2AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.7
ENE
0.9
SSW
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)12121212121212121212117118888810913131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)208252248244236236232232186179167265183187164137144167219205171215345569
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
NW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
SE
15
ESE
20
ENE
30
NE
15
NE
5
W
15
WSW
5
WSW
25
SW
35
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
WNW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
10
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
1.81
2:57AM
1.96
3:10PM
1.94
3:25AM
2.10
3:39PM
2.04
3:55AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
0.54
9:07AM
0.50
9:14PM
0.42
9:36AM
0.38
9:42PM
0.33
10:06AM
0.30
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:09-------6:09--
Sunset6:24-------6:23-------6:22-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------222-----
Temp. °C262422212123262626242423232526252524232221222526
Feels °C (?)292824222225282627232626242825222626262222242626
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