Eastern Beach Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.03° S 27.91° E)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 19 Aug 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 18.2° C
(Which is 1.5°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 7PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 19). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	5ft (1.5m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Evening (19 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s

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

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	Tuesday 19					Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	SW	SSW	SSW	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	456	380	327	431	732	506	418	370	290	294	396	249	473	308	240	197	191	850	957	733	577	522	456	445
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	N	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	S	SSW	SW	SW	ESE	NE	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:24PM 1.54				1:46AM 1.65					2:19PM 1.70				2:34AM 1.76				2:59PM 1.85				3:12AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)				7:37PM 0.82					8:08AM 0.69				8:29PM 0.68				8:47AM 0.56				9:08PM 0.56

	Tuesday 19					Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	19	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15
Feels °C (?)	15	14	13	14	14	14	15	13	15	15	15	15	17	13	13	13	14	14	15	17	17	16	15	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Eastern Beach (fresh winds from the SW at East London Airport 9 km from Eastern Beach). 2.2m 7s swell from the SW with a 1.3m 10s swell from the E and a 0.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 55 minutes ago Eastern Beach

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1 h 55 min ago

33 km/h

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