Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 26 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
24.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 11PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)--
Afternoon (26 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
3
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)77888812121276678888888681312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1041081381451901912202101672801562181711911961451271271009893101440452
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
0
ESE
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:48PM
1.01
12:01PM
1.05
1:00AM
1.16
1:23PM
1.19
1:52AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
0.67
5:25AM
0.71
6:32PM
0.61
7:21AM
0.56
7:35PM
0.44
8:07AM
0.39
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:11--
Sunset6:07-------6:05-------6:04-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232322212122232625252625242627242121212121212323
Feels °C (?)242625232324242728272828272927242021212222222423
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