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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 17 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
21.4° C
 (Which is 2.4°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: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
2
2
3
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.6
ENE
0.9
SSW
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
S
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121171188881010913131314141414141414137
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186179167230214160135141125181181170166222339453605563555571507507366286
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
NE
5
NNW
15
WSW
10
W
15
S
25
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
WSW
5
NNE
15
E
25
E
30
ENE
25
NE
15
SW
10
N
5
NW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
off		offoffcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglassglassonononcross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:10PM
1.94
3:25AM
2.10
3:39PM
2.04
3:55AM
2.20
4:10PM
2.10
4:26AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:14PM
0.42
9:36AM
0.38
9:42PM
0.33
10:06AM
0.30
10:12PM
0.28
10:36AM
0.27
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:11--
Sunset6:23-------6:22-------6:21-------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------113------------1
Temp. °C262423232324252525242222212224252524232324212422
Feels °C (?)272426252525242426262424242524242423242526172018
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