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Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 16 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
24.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 3AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (17 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.6
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)988888891010101010107789101010101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)332333280284207175187295400530214264367302254512630603651554469320420406
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
E
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
15
E
20
NE
10
ENE
5
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:51PM
1.37
3:19AM
1.35
3:25PM
1.47
3:50AM
1.45
3:55PM
1.54
4:20AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:08PM
0.31
9:15AM
0.35
9:39PM
0.21
9:48AM
0.27
10:08PM
0.13
10:19AM
0.21
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-----5:13-------5:13-------5:15--
Sunset7:10-------7:10-------7:10-------
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11-11------131----------
Temp. °C222121212122242424232322211924232222211918202222
Feels °C (?)242322232324242324232525191519181718181716192121
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