Humewood surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 03 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
18.4° C
(Which is 3.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Humewood today?

The current surf forecast for Humewood at 8AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 May)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (03 May)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (03 May)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 60mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Sun night, min 15°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sun morning, gales from the SE by Tue night).

Sunday
3
Monday
4
Tuesday
5
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
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SW
11
1.4
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.2
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
1.2
SSW
13
1.2
S
13
1.2
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
9
1.5
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
12
1.1
SSW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
1.5
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
544
483
410
338
284
231
181
212
276
265
415
499
498
433
252
297
666
485
341
164
167
169
141
563
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
20
W
20
SW
20
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
15
S
25
SE
35
ESE
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
High Tide
4:13AM1.86m
4:33PM1.73m
4:41AM1.80m
5:04PM1.69m
5:08AM1.72m
5:36PM1.62m
Low Tide
10:22AM0.35m
10:27PM0.44m
10:50AM0.38m
10:57PM0.51m
11:19AM0.44m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
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6:52
6:54
6:54
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5:35
5:34
5:32
1
1
1
2
7
20
Temp °C
18
18
17
19
23
23
22
24
23
20
19
20
21
19
18
17
17
16
17
17
16
16
15
16
17
18
16
16
19
19
20
21
19
17
17
19
19
15
14
13
14
13
15
14
11
14
11
11
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SW
11
1.4
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.9
S
10
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
13
1.2
S
13
1.2
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
9
1.5
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
12
1.1
SSW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SSW
11
0.8
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
1.5
SSW
11
Energy kJ
544
483
410
338
284
231
181
167
276
265
415
499
498
433
252
297
666
485
341
164
164
169
141
563
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
12
1
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.7
SW
10
0.6
SW
10
0.6
SW
11
0.8
E
5
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.5
E
6
0.6
WSW
11
0.4
ENE
7
0.6
SW
10
0.9
SSW
12
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
SSE
11
0.7
SSW
11
0.8
SW
12
0.7
SSW
11
0.7
S
11
0.2
E
8
Energy kJ
264
220
172
163
110
87
90
30
127
98
98
19
76
17
89
263
5
6
11
130
167
126
116
5
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
9
0.1
SW
18
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.5
S
15
0.7
S
15
0.6
E
5
0.6
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
ENE
7
0.1
SE
12
0.3
ENE
8
0.3
ENE
8
0.2
SSE
11
0.2
SSE
11
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
SSE
10
0.1
SW
18
Energy kJ
2
2
12
30
26
25
112
212
18
23
18
31
15
6
12
13
12
12
6
5
5
5
10
12
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
2
0.8
E
4
0.9
E
5
1.1
ENE
5
0.3
W
2
0.3
WSW
3
1.1
SSW
5
1.4
SSW
6
1.8
SW
8
0.5
SSE
3
0.9
SE
4
1.2
ESE
5
Energy kJ
1
18
36
64
1
1
56
155
423
7
25
67
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
4
Distance (km)
1
1
6
37
10
37
10
1
1
0
1
0
210
207
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
67
209
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
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