Ebalow Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (31.83° S 29.31° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 16 Sep 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 20.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 6AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 4s 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)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	15ft (4.5m)	14s
Evening (16 Sep)	15ft (4.5m)	13s

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

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		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	3	3	3	2	0	0	6	3	8	7	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	476	551	554	573	1284	6277	10504	7618	4966	10198	7506	1945	1869	2099	2244	2531	2510	2434	2076	2043	1804	1890	1752	1628
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	S	SE	ESE	NE	N	NW	W	WSW	SSW	S	SSE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:39PM 1.02					12:22PM 1.05				12:58AM 1.12				1:36PM 1.23				1:51AM 1.27					2:16PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)				5:39AM 0.68				6:46PM 0.65				7:20AM 0.53				7:50PM 0.49					8:03AM 0.37

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	18	21	25	20	19	17	15	14	13	15	18	18	17	17	16	15	14	16	18	19	19	18
Feels °C (?)	19	18	16	18	17	11	10	10	9	9	9	12	14	14	14	15	14	14	12	14	16	17	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ebalow (light winds from the WNW at Mthatha Airport 70 km from Ebalow). 1.5m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.9m 7s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 34 minutes ago Ebalow

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