Hole-in-the-Wall 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.05° S 29.10° E

Issued: 7 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Hole-in-the-Wall sea temperature is

21.9°C

Hole-in-the-Wall surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Hole-in-the-Wall today (31 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hole-in-the-Wall at 11PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (31 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	8s
Evening (31 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	8s

Table - waves today at Hole-in-the-Wall. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Sat night, min 18°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Sat night, fresh winds from the NE by Tue afternoon).
	Sat 31			Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSW 6	S 6	ESE 10	S 6	SW 14	SW 14	E 10	E 10	SW 13	E 10	E 5	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	429	368	532	287	259	192	133	124	104	67	72	53	51	164	125	202	123	69	67
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	E	E	E	ESE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide		7:01PM1.27m				7:52AM1.20m					8:22PM1.11m				9:47AM1.15m				10:32PM1.05m
Low Tide				1:21AM0.45m					2:06PM0.60m				2:48AM0.56m				4:20PM0.65m


	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:29	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	5	5	3
Temp °C	22	21	21	22	22	21	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	21	21	23	22	22	21	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	16	16	18	16	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 5	E 7	E 7	E 10	SSE 6	SW 13	E 10	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	55	54	318	287	259	192	133	101	79	60	45	46	49	164	61	43	123	54	57
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 12	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 7	ESE 11	ESE 11	S 6	E 10	SW 13	SW 12	SE 5	E 6
kJ	37	36	39	38	19	90	69	68	68	65	47	38	39	41	125	202	40	27	45
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SW 12	SW 11	SE 11	SW 11	SW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	E 9	ESE 11	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	—	—	ENE 6	E 10
kJ	—	—	34	30	31	30	8	21	21	16	65	53	51	45	44	—	—	40	67
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	—	SW 2	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 6	S 6	S 5	S 6	S 5	S 6	E 7	ENE 7	ESE 7	SE 5	E 5	—
kJ	429	368	532	—	2	10	54	124	104	67	72	47	39	51	49	129	49	69	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Kidds Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Morgans Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mdumbe Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sharks Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mpande Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sharks Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1
Distance (km)	178	102	0	17	39	22	446	386	386	98	22	98	117	170	170	250	32	41	39
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kidds Beach	Haga-Haga	Mbomvu	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Queensberry Bay	Lwandile				Whacky Point	Barbel Point	Barbel Point	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Igoda	Igoda		Kidds Beach	Igoda	Kidds Beach
Rating (10 max)	1	4	3	2	2	2				1	1	2	2	2	2		2	2	1
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Dolphin Point Overberg	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Koeel Bay Overberg	Dias Beach Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	2	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3
Header Global	Ahijedero Mexico	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Nunoshima Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Pipeline United States	Chuns and Jocks Reefs United States	Trial Harbour Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Bali Village Indonesia
Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4

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