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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 19 Mar 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
24.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Hole-in-the-Wall today?

The current surf forecast for Hole-in-the-Wall at 3PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (19 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (19 Mar)4ft (1.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
2
1
2
4
3
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
1
0
1
1
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)9101313141414141414141467771313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1661771952984335575695375454944871172309345284286149689454977589508469503
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
5
WSW
10
SE
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
30
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
30
SW
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
15
S
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59AM
1.84
4:11PM
1.72
4:28AM
1.89
4:42PM
1.72
4:59AM
1.87
5:13PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
-0.04
10:13PM
-0.08
10:39AM
-0.07
10:44PM
-0.08
11:10AM
-0.04
11:15PM
-0.03
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:05-------6:05-------6:07------
Sunset----6:15-------6:15-------6:14---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------131-12121--
Temp. °C212224252423222223252725242220202020192020202020
Feels °C (?)212426252423222225272521201919201918151819212221
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