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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 27 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
20.1° C
(Which is 3.5°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 7AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (27 Mar)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
2
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
E
1.6
E
0.7
SSW
1.2
E
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111112128812811111111886710111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1231701702832372983261401731571511141108995122155320505486387259268221
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
35
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
10
E
10
NE
10
W
25
SW
25
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
0
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:56PM
1.44
11:57AM
1.45
12:48AM
1.58
1:18PM
1.58
1:43AM
1.76
2:04PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
1.05
6:29PM
0.96
7:20AM
0.89
7:30PM
0.81
8:05AM
0.72
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise---6:16-------6:16-------6:16----
Sunset------6:10-------6:08-------6:07-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------621---121---------
Temp. °C212121222627242424242321222222212019191921212121
Feels °C (?)212021212524252527282620201720201917171720192023
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