Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
24.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 8AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
E
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)881113131211111211111111111111111010108667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10398340447560393190130189186170170164161156153150141139139195158218277
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
1.35
2:07PM
1.34
2:28AM
1.52
2:41PM
1.46
2:59AM
1.65
3:12PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07AM
0.39
8:13PM
0.29
8:41AM
0.25
8:45PM
0.17
9:10AM
0.14
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---6:11-------6:11-------6:11----
Sunset------6:02-------6:00-------6:00-
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1------1111111----111111
Temp. °C222221222323222222222323242524242323232325262424
Feels °C (?)232322242524232424242625262524242325252526262424
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