Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 28 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
24.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 1AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (01 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (01 Mar)5ft (1.6m)15s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
3
3
3
0
2
1
2
2
3
2
3
1
1
2
4
4
4
3
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212151515151515151414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2782743223114384384544435349621067291326292427239427462445202014641171862701563396
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
1.38
2:50AM
1.48
3:02PM
1.51
3:24AM
1.63
3:35PM
1.61
3:55AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37PM
0.28
8:58AM
0.26
9:11PM
0.13
9:32AM
0.14
9:41PM
0.03
10:03AM
0.06
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:52-------5:52--
Sunset6:38-------6:37-------6:36-------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------21111------------
Temp. °C262324232222242223201817171821222120191918192324
Feels °C (?)272426242323242223171412121315161718191917172020
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