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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 22 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
21.9° C
(Which is 1.8°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 6PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
2.1
E
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)121212111111111111111111151414141414141414888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19928418313514314014012812816122544812121299939799788674684580537504657623
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
5
NNW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
25
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
1.96
6:08AM
2.03
6:27PM
1.82
6:48AM
1.84
7:12PM
1.65
7:39AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
0.39
11:49PM
0.45
12:18PM
0.53
12:27AM
0.61
12:59PM
0.71
1:12AM
0.80
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:13-------6:13
Sunset--6:16-------6:15-------6:15-----
clear
clear
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1-----11-----1--------
Temp. °C262624242321212122222222212121212223232323222224
Feels °C (?)242424262718181920212021191919181919192020192023
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