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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.1°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 11PM is: 4.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 3.0m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (16 Sep)13ft (4.0m)13s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
!
!
!
!
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2
2
4
!
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)141313131212121213131313131312121212121313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62144586738351874176364319282120252126922466225318831676148614621572119813201385150711901039900
Wind
(km/h)
50
SW
45
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
S
20
ESE
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
1.45
1:26PM
1.57
1:46AM
1.58
2:08PM
1.73
2:24AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:46PM
0.92
7:15AM
0.81
7:47PM
0.75
7:57AM
0.66
8:25PM
0.60
8:29AM
0.53
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:03-------6:01--
Sunset6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181615141415181817171616151517171718171716171819
Feels °C (?)867778121212151415131214131315141515161514
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Eastern Beach (fresh winds from the W at East London Airport 9 km from Eastern Beach). 7.1m 14s groundswell from the SSW which is too big for here.

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