Humewood surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 SAST
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Humewood surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Humewood sea temperature is
18.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Humewood today?

The current surf forecast for Humewood at 1AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (19 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (19 Sep)5ft (1.6m)12s

Table - waves today at Humewood. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
3
E
3
E
3
E
3.5
ENE
2.3
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)1212121212121212111212889991010101010101211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20813010178516221424125611138437366997621030103512432016918730593474371320268233183
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
30
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
20
E
40
E
45
E
50
E
50
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
25
NNE
15
ENE
10
SSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
5
W
10
ENE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
1.61
2:35PM
1.76
2:50AM
1.71
3:06PM
1.87
3:20AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
0.51
8:28AM
0.45
8:52PM
0.40
8:56AM
0.36
9:19PM
0.32
9:21AM
0.29
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:09-------6:09--
Sunset6:09-------6:10-------6:10-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161616151414151717171717171721211917171616151617
Feels °C (?)81013121212111099910101318191412141314151515
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Humewood (light winds from the W at Port Elizabeth Airport 5 km from Humewood). A 3.1m groundswell from the S is too big for here

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2 h 21 min ago

15 km/h
W
Cross-Off
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