Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 22 Apr 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
23.8° 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: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.7m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
2
5
1
0
0
3
4
5
5
4
3
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)1314141313131314151717161616161514141413131377
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)634561779439021492875348814692784353833762785271623682398168213211171862642538424339303
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
30
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
1.40
7:08PM
1.28
7:30AM
1.21
8:27PM
1.15
9:07AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
0.30
12:50PM
0.35
1:15AM
0.49
1:51PM
0.51
2:45AM
0.65
3:37PM
0.61
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---6:26-------6:28-------6:28----
Sunset------5:34-------5:32-------5:31-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------111-------------
Temp. °C191816172021201816161617181920181717161722242221
Feels °C (?)161311121313131413141516161516141414131417191718
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