Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 24 Feb 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
25.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 3PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (24 Feb)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (24 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
2
2
0
1
1
2
4
4
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
2.2
NE
1.5
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.6
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2
SSW
1.5
S
1.8
SSW
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)8888881388998888877788886
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)400619286207171123125545738932608324375213177137107825861655068136
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
WSW
0
WSW
5
NNE
20
SSW
15
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
5
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
15
E
20
E
20
E
10
E
10
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47AM
1.34
8:06PM
1.12
8:58AM
1.15
10:12PM
0.98
11:49AM
1.08
1:06AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06PM
0.51
2:17AM
0.55
3:39PM
0.66
4:33AM
0.69
6:40PM
0.63
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise-5:47-------5:48-------5:48------
Sunset----6:43-------6:42-------6:40---
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-11-78----------------47
Temp. °C242324262423212221232626252323212123252625252321
Feels °C (?)272628292523192120232425262625222225252625282519
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