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

Lat Long: 32.05° S 29.10° E

Issued: 1 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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

22.4°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):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with ENE swell.
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 (1.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hole-in-the-Wall at 5AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	8s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	8s
Evening (31 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sat night, calm by Mon night).
	Saturday 31								Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2
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	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSW 6	ENE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 7	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	464	770	709	408	452	441	408	616	353	273	206	167	137	114	104	106	150	132	123	98	66	156	121	148
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide			6:41AM1.33m				7:01PM1.27m				7:52AM1.20m					8:22PM1.11m				9:47AM1.15m				10:32PM1.05m
Low Tide	00:24AM0.30m				12:48PM0.44m				1:21AM0.45m					2:06PM0.60m				2:48AM0.56m				4:20PM0.65m


	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:29	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	7	7	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	—
Temp °C	19	19	21	23	24	23	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	17
Feels °C	18	18	21	23	24	22	23	22	23	19	21	21	21	19	18	16	15	16	16	16	18	15	17	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 8	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	E 10
kJ	86	429	452	59	56	55	40	378	353	273	206	167	137	104	104	65	79	132	123	98	66	66	51	148
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SE 9	ESE 9	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 12	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	SE 9	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 10	E 10	S 6
kJ	44	90	59	39	37	37	36	40	38	19	90	68	68	69	48	58	21	87	67	61	60	156	121	38
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SW 13	SW 13	—	—	—	—	SW 12	SSW 11	SE 11	SW 11	SW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SW 14	NE 8	SW 14	ESE 11	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	—	44	41	—	—	—	—	34	12	31	30	8	21	21	33	28	53	40	36	51	51	40	37	36
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	SW 2	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	—	—	SSE 6	SSE 6	—	—	—
kJ	464	770	709	408	452	441	408	616	699	1	13	39	64	114	75	106	150	—	—	63	60	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Morgans Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mdumbe Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	2	4	4	1	2	2	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	205	53	27	98	446	205	102	0	0	117	98	22	22	22	254	126	126	98	22	22	17	98	22	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast		Queensberry Bay	Yellow sands Point	Barbel Point			Haga-Haga	Hole-in-the-Wall	Yellow sands Point	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Whacky Point	Haga-Haga	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point)	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point)		Yellow sands Point	Yellow sands Point	Cintsa East	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Queensberry Bay	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Haga-Haga
Rating (10 max)		4	4	1			4	4	2	2	1	2	1	1		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Vleesbaai Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Seal Point Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	1	2	2	4	4	2	3	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Header Global	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Nunoshima Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia	Bocock's Bay Namibia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lebu Chile	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States
Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

storm austen

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Hole-in-the-Wall surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

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

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

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website