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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 23 Dec 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
20.2° C
(Which is 2.5°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 10PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 23). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Dec)--
Afternoon (23 Dec)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (23 Dec)5ft (1.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
S
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)999999991010101010910101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)408408343292258276288295301307314307314292431417472463173140170246246244
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ENE
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
SE
15
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:31PM
1.75
6:04AM
1.76
6:08PM
1.68
6:44AM
1.73
6:52PM
1.61
7:31AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44PM
0.44
12:07PM
0.61
12:20AM
0.50
12:51PM
0.66
1:01AM
0.56
1:42PM
0.71
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Sunrise----4:56-------4:58-------4:58---
Sunset7:16-------7:16-------7:17-------
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1111111-------------1122
Temp. °C232221212021212121202019192021222221212121202020
Feels °C (?)242220201919191920202019181818181818202223222019
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