Glen Eden surf break

Glen Eden surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 2026 SAST
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Glen Eden surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Glen Eden sea temperature is
22.5° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Glen Eden today?

The current surf forecast for Glen Eden at 11PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)--
Afternoon (03 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (03 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)612121212121111111178888888888121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12857347246436535925124231731130359039432229126221615314011085480378371
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
NE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
10
E
20
ESE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
5
NNE
10
WNW
10
W
0
NE
20
S
20
SSW
5
WSW
5
ENE
5
NW
10
NE
10
W
25
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
glasscrosscrossglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:03PM
1.62
4:22AM
1.76
4:32PM
1.63
4:49AM
1.76
4:59PM
1.60
5:15AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
-0.02
10:31AM
0.03
10:35PM
-0.03
10:57AM
0.04
11:00PM
0.00
11:23AM
0.08
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----5:58-------5:58-------5:58--
Sunset6:40-------6:39-------6:37-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
heavy rain
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------45710-----
Temp. °C252220202022262826232222232426282421212121222525
Feels °C (?)232322222124272826232324242529292524242423242424
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