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 pm Sunday 19 Oct 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 21.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 6PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	8s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (19 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	16s

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

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	Sunday 19					Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	206	286	425	1248	1651	1561	1328	1108	951	742	606	497	294	289	280	285	289	293	293	281	257	317	415	415
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NNE	N	N	NNW	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			2:44PM 1.63				2:58AM 1.52				3:09PM 1.68				3:24AM 1.57				3:34PM 1.70				3:49AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	8:31AM 0.20				8:56PM 0.15				8:57AM 0.14				9:20PM 0.09				9:22AM 0.11				9:44PM 0.07

	Sunday 19					Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	18	17	16	14	18	21	22	20	18	18	17	17	19
Feels °C (?)	17	19	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	12	17	19	19	17	17	18	18	17	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Ebalow (moderate winds from the S at Mthatha Airport 70 km from Ebalow). 0.5m 7s swell from the S with a 0.2m 10s swell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 50 minutes ago Ebalow

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