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Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 27 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
23.5° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 6AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 27). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (27 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
2
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)999131312128881212121312121414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5763582702122061901841037674190230264341320273332332415313309304309313
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
25
S
15
SW
10
S
5
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrossglassglassonononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:47PM
1.12
9:42AM
1.25
10:35PM
1.03
11:41AM
1.21
12:47AM
1.09
1:20PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:56AM
0.50
4:22PM
0.59
4:41AM
0.59
6:27PM
0.56
6:47AM
0.55
7:50PM
0.43
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise---5:22-------5:22-------5:24----
Sunset------7:07-------7:06-------7:06-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------14-11----2-2121111
Temp. °C252424252625232222222222242424232322232323232322
Feels °C (?)242626252725242424242525272526262524252525242523
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