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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 15 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
17.7° C
(Which is 5.9°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 1AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (16 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (16 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)14138101098888888881010101010101088
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)281246329865696528375298285253219193164143141260116121156162204212220465
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
E
25
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
1.59
2:40AM
1.56
2:41PM
1.68
3:14AM
1.67
3:15PM
1.76
3:45AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
0.68
8:32AM
0.75
8:58PM
0.57
9:09AM
0.66
9:30PM
0.47
9:43AM
0.58
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-----5:15-------5:16-------5:16--
Sunset7:20-------7:19-------7:19-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111----------------21---
Temp. °C222121212020202121212121202123242423222119212222
Feels °C (?)191919201818192020202121202122222224251915171615
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