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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Oct 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
18.0° C
(Which is 2.2°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 11AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.9
ENE
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)1414141313131313131716161514141381312121211118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4254114113553453453674374313851132118092386268453943133926325019317312694
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
5
E
15
E
20
E
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
NW
15
S
25
SSW
25
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
1.84
3:32PM
1.98
3:46AM
1.86
3:56PM
1.97
4:11AM
1.84
4:19PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
0.35
9:40PM
0.32
9:43AM
0.35
10:05PM
0.32
10:09AM
0.38
10:30PM
0.35
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-5:20-------5:20-------5:18------
Sunset----6:24-------6:25-------6:25---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141720212019181716192223232222232533312422202019
Feels °C (?)121718181717171615172020202020212231292221181718
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Eastern Beach (light winds from the SW.(Wind varies from 170 to 260 degs) at East London Airport 9 km from Eastern Beach). 1.6m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 5s windswell from the E and a 0.5m 5s windswell, also from the E as well as a 0.4m 8s swell, also from the SSE. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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11 km/h
SW
Cross-Off
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