Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Humewood today (17 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Humewood at 3PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (17 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
| Evening (17 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Humewood. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Mainly near gales. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 17 | Sunday 18 | Monday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 8 | S 9 | S 8 | SSW 8 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 260 | 212 | 251 | 480 | 597 | 955 | 850 | 787 | 745 | 852 | 915 | 763 | 727 | 774 | 1144 | 1385 | 1315 | 783 | 765 | 1048 | 304 | 299 | 405 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:47AM1.39m | 6:46PM1.34m | 7:57AM1.28m | 8:05PM1.20m | 10:24AM1.26m | 11:00PM1.19m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:38PM0.83m | 1:07AM0.79m | 1:44PM0.97m | 2:36AM0.90m | 5:17PM0.99m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  |  | | | |  | | | | | |  | |  | | | | |  | |
 | 5:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:32 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Feels °C | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | E 8 | SW 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | SSW 13 | E 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSW 12 |
| kJ | 260 | 212 | 251 | 22 | 597 | 955 | 850 | 787 | 745 | 852 | 915 | 763 | 727 | 774 | 94 | 63 | 53 | 444 | 16 | 295 | 210 | 142 | 405 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 5 | E 6 | E 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ESE 6 | E 6 | E 7 | — | E 10 | E 7 | E 9 | E 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSE 8 |
| kJ | 9 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 77 | 81 | 114 | — | 7 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 304 | 299 | 120 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 8 | E 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 9 | — | ENE 8 | — | — | — | ENE 9 | — | — | — | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 |
| kJ | 12 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | 14 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 9 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | — | WSW 3 | SSW 13 | SSW 8 | S 9 | S 8 | SSW 8 | SW 12 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 |
| kJ | 28 | 39 | 42 | 480 | — | — | — | — | — | 82 | 44 | 51 | — | 8 | 1144 | 1385 | 1315 | 783 | 765 | 1048 | 282 | 221 | 119 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 210 | 207 | 66 | 67 | 186 | 186 | 67 | 7 | 675 | 66 | 210 | 210 | 210 | 210 | 210 | 246 | 210 | 210 | 2 | 1 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Humewood surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest