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

Lat Long: 32.05° S 29.10° E

Issued: 1 am 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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

22.0°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 (21 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Hole-in-the-Wall at 8AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Evening (21 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SW by Thu night).
	Wednesday 21								Thursday 22								Friday 23
	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)	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 12
Wave Graph
kJ	172	118	97	95	202	164	212	998	1622	2720	2013	713	811	784	773	901	1100	972	839	1236	1630	1592	1387	1233
Wind (km/h)	N	SW	WNW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	W	SW	SW	SW	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	ESE	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross
High Tide	00:30AM1.09m				1:00PM1.25m				1:13AM1.23m				1:32PM1.42m				1:47AM1.36m					2:02PM1.57m
Low Tide			6:35AM0.54m				7:12PM0.51m				7:13AM0.40m				7:45PM0.34m				7:45AM0.27m					8:15PM0.20m


	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	22	22	23	22	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	18	20	20	18	18	18
Feels °C	18	16	21	19	20	20	20	20	17	16	16	17	16	17	14	13	13	11	12	15	15	16	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SE 9	ENE 7	SE 9	ENE 7	S 6	S 6	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 12
kJ	172	118	62	95	48	58	68	998	1622	1354	939	60	60	46	46	33	33	34	25	25	24	1592	1387	1233
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	ENE 6	SE 9	ENE 7	SW 12	SE 9	SSW 13	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10
kJ	19	36	97	59	69	79	212	81	81	68	58	13	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	7	7	34	34	35
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	SW 11	SE 9	SW 13	SE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 9	NE 6	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	—
kJ	36	46	33	33	97	164	81	34	37	26	22	4	2	16	1	—	—	—	—	—	14	7	7	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	—	SW 3	S 8	SSE 9	—	—	—	—	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 12	SSW 13	—	—	ENE 9
kJ	60	—	2	43	202	—	—	—	—	2720	2013	713	811	784	773	901	1100	972	839	1236	1630	—	—	15
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbomvu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbomvu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mdumbe Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Rame Head Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Mdumbe Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	2	4	3	2	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	2	3
Distance (km)	0	11	0	386	579	98	5	0	5	22	17	37	579	579	579	579	17	126	98	98	386	254	306	277
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Whacky Point			Barbel Point	Haga-Haga	Yellow sands Point	Haga-Haga	Barbel Point	Barbel Point	Sharks Point					Lwandile	Cintsa East	Cintsa East	Barbel Point
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1			3	9	5	8	5	5	4					4	4	5	5
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Hout Bay Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sharks Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Wedge Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Vleesbaai Overberg	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	6	4	3	9	5	8	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	7	6	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	7	5	6	6	6	5	9	7	6	5	5	5

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