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Hole-in-the-Wall surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 08 Feb 2026 SAST
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Hole-in-the-Wall surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hole-in-the-Wall sea temperature is
26.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hole-in-the-Wall today?

The current surf forecast for Hole-in-the-Wall at 5AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (08 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (08 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
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
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
3
3
3
3
3
3
0
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.4
SSW
0.5
E
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)66666109666614131313121213131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1311085644373738202207164110147249298418521513538564475461439341324
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
5
NNW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
S
25
SE
25
SE
10
ESE
10
W
10
WNW
5
N
10
N
10
E
15
SE
5
NNW
5
W
5
W
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
W
15
S
10
SSE
40
SW
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		onoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:11AM
1.39
7:15PM
1.22
7:40AM
1.25
7:44PM
1.08
8:17AM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
0.30
1:21PM
0.45
1:20AM
0.44
1:54PM
0.57
1:52AM
0.59
2:47PM
0.70
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise---5:33-------5:35-------5:35----
Sunset------7:00-------6:59-------6:58-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
------210183-----413-----1-
Temp. °C252524262827252422222224262526242223242528272524
Feels °C (?)272925293128262824232426282730282524262829302225
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