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Humewood surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 12 Dec 2025 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Humewood today?
The current surf forecast for Humewood at 4PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (12 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 10s |
| Evening (12 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Humewood. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 269 | 162 | 125 | 127 | 221 | 294 | 1065 | 2125 | 2898 | 2826 | 2412 | 1797 | 1447 | 1151 | 958 | 943 | 848 | 787 | 668 | 563 | 517 | 598 | 800 | 949 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | cross- off | on | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | glass | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:42AM 1.53 | 10:10PM 1.31 | 10:54AM 1.53 | 11:28PM 1.32 | 11:59AM 1.56 | 12:32AM 1.38 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:18PM 0.86 | 4:06AM 0.82 | 5:42PM 0.83 | 5:26AM 0.82 | 6:41PM 0.77 | 6:28AM 0.78 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:00 |
| Sunset | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
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