Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 27 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
24.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 1AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
E
0.7
SSW
1.5
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)121281267788888911131212131211111199
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2101671501451811421551421271031009896214454393250130236173170173167215
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
W
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
1.16
1:23PM
1.19
1:52AM
1.35
2:07PM
1.34
2:28AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
0.61
7:21AM
0.56
7:35PM
0.44
8:07AM
0.39
8:13PM
0.29
8:41AM
0.25
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:11-------6:11--
Sunset6:05-------6:04-------6:02-------
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part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--------251------1111211
Temp. °C252626252526272522212122212121222221212222222424
Feels °C (?)272929272728272521222224222323242423232525242624
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