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Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 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
23.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 8PM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)7ft (2.2m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.2
S
2
ENE
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
1.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)1112131414141413121171111111111714141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18263046305533063180243619421299794335372338410403332229326529731151212751035781650
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
30
S
25
S
10
SSE
10
E
10
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
25
ENE
10
NE
5
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23PM
1.46
6:55AM
1.53
6:58PM
1.35
7:33AM
1.43
7:35PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23PM
0.26
12:31AM
0.16
1:01PM
0.36
1:05AM
0.27
1:41PM
0.46
1:41AM
0.39
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-------5:05-------5:05-------5:07
Sunset--7:12-------7:12-------7:12-----
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1---------------1----
Temp. °C242423212120202226272623232322232424232222212121
Feels °C (?)201921212220182024252626272319202021212123222222
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