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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 04 Mar 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
25.1° C
(Which is 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 12PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (04 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (04 Mar)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
4
3
0
1
1
0
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.5
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
0.9
SSW
1.1
ENE
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
E
Period(s) (?)121212121167788881281212121212121212128
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16115812311910516931634960053631027324515915415215214912796144125158113
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
10
SSE
20
E
30
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
25
SSW
10
S
20
N
30
SW
15
SW
0
WNW
5
S
15
WSW
15
SW
5
S
10
E
5
SE
5
ESE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:33PM
1.68
4:51AM
1.80
5:00PM
1.65
5:16AM
1.76
5:25PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:31AM
0.03
10:36PM
-0.04
10:58AM
0.03
11:02PM
-0.01
11:23AM
0.07
11:27PM
0.06
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-5:54-------5:54-------5:56------
Sunset----6:35-------6:34-------6:32---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------14414-------1-
Temp. °C212225252524232323262626242322222222232524232323
Feels °C (?)222327242324222324272528242224252423242826262626
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