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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 12 Apr 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
23.8° 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 3PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSE
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
E
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
E
1.2
ENE
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1313131313121212121212881181514141312136512
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1391169617014213311573125935454454057428177646164627837
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
5
ESE
15
SW
10
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
SE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-6:22-------6:22-------6:22------
Sunset----5:45-------5:45-------5:44---
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1-1----------------
Temp. °C222223242323222222222424232222212122252725252424
Feels °C (?)252324242426232321212323252423212223252626252221
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