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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 14 Jan 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
17.7° C
(Which is 5.8°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: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (14 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.8
SSW
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)88888888891015778111010888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1431401432412792012132602413133201312289377388966663546210204186181164164
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
15
ENE
25
E
35
E
30
E
15
ENE
15
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
35
S
30
S
25
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:14PM
1.50
1:59AM
1.44
2:02PM
1.59
2:40AM
1.56
2:41PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:46AM
0.92
7:43PM
0.79
7:48AM
0.84
8:24PM
0.68
8:32AM
0.75
8:58PM
0.57
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise-5:13-------5:13-------5:15------
Sunset----7:20-------7:20-------7:19---
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------111--121---11---1
Temp. °C222426272725242322222423212121202020202020212121
Feels °C (?)252424252728262120202120181820181819191919212121
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