Hole-in-the-Wall Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (32.05° S 29.10° E)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 30 Aug 2025 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 20.7° 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 7PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Afternoon (30 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	14s
Evening (30 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	14s

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

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	Saturday 30					Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	13	13	7	8	7	7	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	742	571	938	643	643	469	621	548	461	446	506	1141	480	597	523	458	561	596	669	606	526	375	327	284
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SSE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	ESE	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:08PM 1.24				7:17AM 1.09				7:45PM 1.10					8:09AM 0.94				9:46PM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53PM 0.46				1:24AM 0.56				1:24PM 0.60					2:18AM 0.69				2:27PM 0.74					5:41AM 0.74

	Saturday 30					Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	20	19	19	18	17	18	26	25	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Feels °C (?)	14	17	20	17	16	15	15	17	26	26	15	15	15	14	14	16	18	16	15	14	14	15	15	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Wind reports 72 km away suggest it is still onshore at Hole-in-the-Wall (light winds from the ESE at Mthatha Airport). 1.8m 7s swell from the SSW with a 1.0m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 5 minutes ago Hole-in-the-Wall

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