Humewood surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 01 May 2026 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
18.9° C
(Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Humewood today?

The current surf forecast for Humewood at 5PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)8ft (2.4m)14s
Afternoon (01 May)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (01 May)7ft (2.1m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon morning).

Fri
1
Saturday
2
Sunday
3
Mon
4
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)
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SSW
14
2.1
SSW
14
2.1
SSW
13
2.1
SSW
13
2.1
SSW
13
2.2
SSW
13
2.2
SSW
12
2.4
SSW
12
2.3
SSW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.2
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.7
S
15
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2137
1605
1535
1490
1511
1550
1523
1676
1523
850
782
503
369
357
411
350
282
284
231
181
212
280
265
415
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
0
WNW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SW
5
NW
10
N
15
NE
15
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
5
NW
15
N
20
NNW
20
W
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:36PM1.76m
3:45AM1.90m
4:05PM1.76m
4:13AM1.86m
4:33PM1.73m
4:41AM1.80m
Low Tide
9:30AM0.34m
9:31PM0.38m
9:56AM0.33m
9:58PM0.40m
10:22AM0.35m
10:27PM0.44m
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:52
6:52
6:54
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5:36
5:35
5:35
5:34
Temp °C
17
18
18
18
17
16
15
16
19
21
21
20
20
20
19
18
20
23
23
22
22
22
23
20
13
14
15
17
16
14
13
14
18
18
18
19
20
20
19
17
17
19
20
20
21
18
18
17
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SSW
14
2.1
SSW
14
2.1
SSW
13
2.1
SSW
13
2.1
SSW
13
2.2
SSW
13
2.2
SSW
12
2.4
SSW
12
2.3
SSW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.2
S
11
1.2
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.8
S
10
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
Energy kJ
2137
1605
1535
1490
1511
1550
1523
1676
1523
850
782
503
369
357
411
350
282
284
231
181
130
280
265
415
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
10
0.3
SSE
10
0.3
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.9
S
14
1
S
12
1.2
S
12
1.1
SW
12
1.1
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.8
SW
11
0.7
SW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.7
S
15
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
Energy kJ
24
18
17
7
7
7
7
7
7
334
287
409
332
278
198
169
134
104
69
69
212
127
98
94
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.1
SE
9
0.2
E
10
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.7
S
12
0.5
S
15
0.4
SSE
15
0.3
S
15
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
SW
18
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.5
S
15
0.5
E
4
0.5
SW
10
0.5
SW
10
0.4
E
5
Energy kJ
8
8
8
8
3
7
17
17
134
116
72
38
2
2
12
30
26
25
112
8
54
53
7
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
E
3
0.6
E
4
0.8
ENE
5
0.3
NNW
3
0.4
W
3
Energy kJ
4
9
25
1
2
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
4
3
3
1
3
3
2
Distance (km)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
10
16
10
1
6
6
1
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
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