Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 27 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
24.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 5PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (27 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
2
6
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
SSW
0.7
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111121413141313121212121212121212121515151415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34329226820318117321016623524127827432231130744645454867710671241244125934723
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
E
10
SE
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
S
10
S
15
S
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:33PM
1.22
2:09AM
1.29
2:24PM
1.38
2:50AM
1.48
3:02PM
1.51
3:24AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
0.45
8:18AM
0.41
8:37PM
0.28
8:58AM
0.26
9:11PM
0.13
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-------5:50-------5:50-------5:52
Sunset--6:39-------6:38-------6:37-----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------112111-
Temp. °C232323222121202329282624232221222322222018181818
Feels °C (?)242423212122212430302625242221232323221815151413
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