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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 21 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
21.2° C
(Which is 2.5°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: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)121212121111101010101212121111111111111111111514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6035575995505765964864163081901992841831351301289712812816422545912411321
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
E
15
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
15
ENE
5
NE
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
20
SE
20
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:58AM
2.24
5:15PM
2.06
5:32AM
2.16
5:49PM
1.96
6:08AM
2.03
6:27PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:08AM
0.31
11:15PM
0.34
11:42AM
0.39
11:49PM
0.45
12:18PM
0.53
12:27AM
0.61
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:11-------6:11-------6:13------
Sunset----6:19-------6:16-------6:15---
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cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---11-------1---12-1----
Temp. °C202020202021212021222526242423222122242222222221
Feels °C (?)181820212019201919192223232526211820212020212118
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