Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 04 Mar 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
24.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 7AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (04 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
1.7
ENE
1.6
NE
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
NE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.9
E
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)137712121211677788888881212812712
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2122372301611231211091192303305187172732381921591219621321075968693
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
20
S
10
SSE
5
NW
25
SW
10
WSW
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassoffoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
1.80
4:33PM
1.68
4:51AM
1.81
5:00PM
1.66
5:16AM
1.76
5:25PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:09PM
-0.03
10:31AM
0.02
10:36PM
-0.04
10:58AM
0.03
11:02PM
-0.01
11:23AM
0.07
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:54----
Sunset------6:34-------6:32-------6:31-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------1------1
Temp. °C212020222626252322222326272727232323232425252423
Feels °C (?)222221232826242322222428262830222626252826262627
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