Glen Eden surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Apr 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
18.9° C
(Which is 4.3°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 5AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 18s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.9
SSW
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
2
NE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)677889981185677778888891615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10410597871018688828761173590158197273429264206142998292412791
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
10
SSE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNW
25
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
1.83
4:20PM
1.64
4:36AM
1.79
4:57PM
1.60
5:13AM
1.69
5:35PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44PM
-0.03
10:15AM
-0.07
10:20PM
-0.02
10:50AM
-0.02
10:58PM
0.04
11:27AM
0.07
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:30-------6:31-------6:31----
Sunset------5:42-------5:40-------5:39-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262319192325211817181718262725222521182023252217
Feels °C (?)221915141819191615161516232424232016131617181515
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