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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 02 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
15.7° C
 (Which is 7.5°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 3AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (03 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (03 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
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
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)8888891010121211111111111111111110101098
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37035434628624426828330142242237330329729224024028624022916015712311564
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
5
S
5
W
10
W
10
W
15
SW
20
S
20
S
10
SSE
10
E
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
ENE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
15
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crossoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassononononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:02PM
1.92
3:33AM
1.87
3:47PM
1.95
4:16AM
1.95
4:29PM
1.95
4:58AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:20PM
0.36
9:36AM
0.42
10:00PM
0.30
10:20AM
0.39
10:38PM
0.28
11:01AM
0.40
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Sunrise-----5:03-------5:05-------5:05--
Sunset7:20-------7:20-------7:20-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------11-----
Temp. °C232221202022232323222121202224242422212019222424
Feels °C (?)222322212022222223232222212323222322222120232423
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