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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 08 Jan 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
24.4° 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 10PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (08 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
2
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111010141413131212121111111010151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90533541148341039633227072152971113191104794669550492394286216170387565711
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
15
NE
5
WNW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
15
S
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:58PM
1.34
7:33AM
1.43
7:35PM
1.22
8:13AM
1.31
8:18PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.36
1:05AM
0.27
1:41PM
0.46
1:41AM
0.39
2:26PM
0.56
2:24AM
0.52
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-------5:05-------5:07-------5:07
Sunset--7:13-------7:13-------7:13-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------22----
Temp. °C262625242423222223242322222121212222222122222223
Feels °C (?)242424262823201919212022232121212222232222222323
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