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Eastern Beach surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
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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 1.6°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 12AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 May) | 6ft (1.9m) | 8s |
| Evening (20 May) | 5ft (1.6m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Eastern Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Fri afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Fri 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | E 7 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 6 | E 7 | E 13 | E 12 | E 7 | |
327 | 291 | 270 | 270 | 277 | 247 | 276 | 407 | 440 | 435 | 415 | 353 | 319 | 232 | 168 | 202 | 212 | 219 | 213 | 235 | 131 | 115 | 108 | 139 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | |
High Tide | 5:36PM1.97m | 5:50AM1.94m | 6:26PM1.88m | 6:41AM1.79m | 7:24PM1.78m | 7:41AM1.64m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:36PM0.61m | 12:01PM0.56m | 00:28AM0.73m | 12:50PM0.69m | 1:29AM0.86m | 1:49PM0.81m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | |
5:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:13 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Temp °C | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 |
17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 12 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 |
327 | 291 | 270 | 270 | 277 | 247 | 276 | 81 | 81 | 55 | 343 | 353 | 319 | 232 | 168 | 44 | 57 | 59 | 173 | 150 | 131 | 111 | 93 | 96 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 13 | SSE 13 | SSE 13 | SSE 13 | SSE 13 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | S 18 | S 17 | S 16 | E 9 | SE 11 | SSE 11 | E 9 | E 9 | S 9 | SSW 13 | S 8 | S 13 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 |
101 | 149 | 140 | 140 | 140 | 133 | 96 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 58 | 31 | 46 | 44 | 39 | 23 | 33 | 23 | 78 | 69 | 89 | 85 | 84 | 81 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 8 | E 9 | SW 13 | SSW 17 | SW 13 | SSE 11 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 8 | SSE 13 | ESE 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 12 | E 12 |
58 | 56 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 50 | 44 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 35 | 13 | 34 | 57 | 86 | 84 | 115 | 108 | 103 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | ENE 10 | — | E 10 | E 8 | E 9 | SE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | — | — | — | — | E 7 | E 6 | E 7 | E 6 | ENE 6 | — | — | W 3 | E 7 |
— | — | 35 | — | 51 | 37 | 39 | 407 | 440 | 435 | 415 | — | — | — | — | 202 | 212 | 219 | 213 | 235 | — | — | 1 | 139 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 134 | 134 | 15 | 129 | 15 | 156 | 326 | 461 | 409 | 326 | 209 | 129 | 26 | 29 | 268 | 235 | 235 | 234 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
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