Ebalow 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.83° S 29.31° E

Issued: 1 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ebalow sea temperature is

17.9°C

Ebalow surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Ebalow today (16 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 7s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 5AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Evening (16 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 139mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 15°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds.
	Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	SSW 7	S 8	S 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	640	640	573	520	468	426	458	544	398	360	302	346	426	522	674	784	980	969	1060	1254	955	1350	1404	1315
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	WNW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on
High Tide			5:59AM1.41m				6:12PM1.42m				6:23AM1.28m				6:36PM1.27m				6:49AM1.14m				7:04PM1.12m
Low Tide	11:56PM0.24m				12:01PM0.28m				00:22AM0.36m				12:26PM0.42m				00:49AM0.50m				12:53PM0.58m


	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:55	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	5	6	7	9	7	3	6	8	5	9	13	8	8	9	11	5
Temp °C	20	20	22	20	19	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	19	18	21	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	13	13	11	12	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	SSW 8	E 9	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	S 8	SSW 12	SSW 12	ESE 9
kJ	640	640	573	520	468	426	435	374	367	360	302	346	426	522	501	72	650	129	93	87	191	91	125	1315
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	SSW 10	SW 14	SSW 16	SW 16	SSW 13	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SE 7	S 8	SW 14	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSW 13	SSE 8	—	—	—	SSW 11	—	—	SSW 12
kJ	8	20	33	26	40	118	87	56	55	54	128	153	99	276	234	147	238	—	—	—	85	—	—	123
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 15	S 10	—	—	—	—	SW 15	SW 12	SW 11	SW 14	SW 14	SW 9	SSW 14	SSW 13	—	SSW 12	—	—	—	SSW 15	—	—	—
kJ	12	22	8	—	—	—	—	255	6	5	50	48	62	133	158	—	133	—	—	—	23	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SSW 4	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 8	SE 7	SSE 8	—	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	—
kJ	—	—	—	30	254	348	458	544	398	303	163	251	373	—	674	784	980	969	1060	1254	955	1350	1404	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Sunwich Port Durban/KZN South	Kidds Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Senoritas KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Milnerton Cape Town	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Senoritas KZN North	Siyayi KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	273	476	476	417	642	281	187	209	236	1037	430	429	485	430	485	485	485	1035	1055	429	382
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Hole-in-the-Wall							Igoda	Kidds Beach
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3							3	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Outer Pool Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Mapelane KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast		Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3		4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	8	5	7	6	5	5	5

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