Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 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
20.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 4AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (16 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (16 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.9
SSW
1
E
0.8
SSW
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.9
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
NE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)111212121111111116111611111110101010101017161616161515161515151516151515147888888121314816161514141313136788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4614353783903633603563437333325862172193626503405776106083041377276528133747283723001806163713921305108810361136101083799065874172613491296429405371343342324162246506733531516532544493681785883366
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
10
W
10
NW
10
NE
10
SE
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
E
20
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
W
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:00AM
1.42
7:34PM
1.53
7:45AM
1.31
8:23PM
1.45
8:41AM
1.20
9:26PM
1.35
10:00AM
1.11
10:51PM
1.29
11:43AM
1.10
12:25AM
1.30
1:14PM
1.18
1:40AM
1.37
2:18PM
1.31
2:36AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
0.28
1:08PM
0.20
1:47AM
0.36
1:52PM
0.30
2:43AM
0.44
2:47PM
0.41
3:56AM
0.51
4:03PM
0.50
5:29AM
0.53
5:43PM
0.53
6:59AM
0.47
7:14PM
0.47
8:05AM
0.36
8:20PM
0.37
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Sunrise---7:00-------7:00-------7:00-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:56
Sunset------5:15-------5:16-------5:17-------5:17-------5:19-------5:19-------5:20-----
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Rain (mm)
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