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Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 SAST
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Ebalow surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ebalow sea temperature is
24.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 10PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.7m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
3
2
2
1
0
1
0
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.5
SSW
1.1
S
1.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)11111111111110141413131212121111111010151514147
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34433841040347627565927662412291025820680560454351323311208240456742589402
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
10
ENE
5
NW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
S
25
S
20
S
10
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
25
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:58PM
1.35
7:33AM
1.43
7:35PM
1.23
8:13AM
1.32
8:18PM
1.11
9:03AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:05AM
0.27
1:41PM
0.46
1:41AM
0.39
2:26PM
0.56
2:24AM
0.51
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----5:05-------5:07-------5:07--
Sunset7:12-------7:12-------7:12-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C262323222122242423222221212121222122212121232829
Feels °C (?)262527221920212221222422222222222024222222242727
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