Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 18 Feb 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
25.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 12PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (18 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (18 Feb)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
1
1
3
3
4
4
4
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101010101413121212111111101010101091313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4724925045146742245210615721256963720545469385300307301242229212209209136129
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
W
10
SSE
15
S
5
SSE
10
W
20
WNW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36PM
1.70
4:56AM
1.81
5:05PM
1.70
5:25AM
1.82
5:35PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:33AM
0.05
10:42PM
-0.06
11:03AM
0.01
11:10PM
-0.07
11:33AM
0.03
11:39PM
-0.03
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise-5:41-------5:43-------5:43------
Sunset----6:50-------6:49-------6:47---
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1-------1-------22-
Temp. °C192225262523222222242626262524242325272726252423
Feels °C (?)202325262525242424262727283028272529302930282524
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