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Ebalow surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 18 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
23.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ebalow today?

The current surf forecast for Ebalow at 3AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (18 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (18 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
1
0
0
1
2
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
2
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
1
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)1010101078991010101011121212121010101091313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25926436730244086711811121860663510377430425341298279170167133157144272280
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
5
NE
5
NW
10
W
10
W
15
SW
20
S
30
SSW
25
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:50AM
1.45
3:55PM
1.54
4:20AM
1.54
4:25PM
1.60
4:50AM
1.61
4:54PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:39PM
0.21
9:48AM
0.27
10:08PM
0.13
10:19AM
0.21
10:36PM
0.07
10:50AM
0.17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---5:13-------5:15-------5:16----
Sunset------7:10-------7:09-------7:09-
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--3-----1-------------11
Temp. °C232320192423232119181720212222212018182124222020
Feels °C (?)252615151917171818171620202121212118171921181719
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