Humewood surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 02 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 6PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (02 May)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (02 May)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 24°C on Sun night, min 15°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sat night, fresh winds from the SW by Mon afternoon).

Sat
2
Sunday
3
Monday
4
Tue
5
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
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SSW
12
1.8
SW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.5
SW
12
1.5
SW
11
1.4
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
13
1.2
SSW
13
1
S
13
1.2
SSW
12
1.4
SW
10
1.3
SW
9
1.2
SW
10
1
SW
10
0.9
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1523
948
878
614
573
497
483
410
344
282
231
181
212
276
265
408
506
350
426
348
266
308
195
193
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
20
E
25
ENE
20
NE
15
N
15
WNW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
4:05PM1.76m
4:13AM1.86m
4:33PM1.73m
4:41AM1.80m
5:04PM1.69m
5:08AM1.72m
Low Tide
9:56AM0.33m
9:58PM0.40m
10:22AM0.35m
10:27PM0.44m
10:50AM0.38m
10:57PM0.51m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
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6:52
6:54
6:54
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5:35
5:35
5:34
5:32
2
1
1
Temp °C
22
23
21
20
19
18
18
17
19
23
23
21
24
23
19
19
20
19
19
18
17
16
16
16
20
19
18
19
18
18
18
16
17
20
20
19
20
19
16
17
18
14
14
14
13
12
12
12
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SSW
12
1.8
SW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.5
SW
12
1.5
SW
11
1.4
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
0.8
S
10
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
1
S
13
1.2
SSW
12
1.4
SW
10
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
1
SW
10
0.9
SSW
12
Energy kJ
1523
948
878
614
573
497
483
410
344
282
231
181
130
276
265
408
506
350
426
348
263
248
181
193
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
10
0.9
S
15
1
S
12
1.1
S
12
1
S
12
1.2
S
11
1
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.7
SW
11
0.7
SW
10
0.6
SW
10
0.6
WSW
11
0.7
E
5
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
SSW
10
0.4
E
6
0.4
E
6
0.4
ENE
8
1
S
12
0.3
ENE
8
0.2
E
8
0.8
SSW
12
0.2
E
9
Energy kJ
7
339
301
359
287
357
224
169
115
110
87
75
21
130
98
102
11
13
20
309
13
5
195
6
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
9
0.7
S
12
0.5
S
15
0.4
S
15
0.3
S
15
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
0.7
E
5
0.6
WSW
10
0.5
E
5
0.4
SSE
10
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.3
ENE
8
0.2
SSE
11
0.2
SSE
11
0.2
E
8
0.2
SSE
11
Energy kJ
9
134
118
70
39
2
2
12
30
26
25
112
212
25
68
14
31
6
6
13
13
12
5
11
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
2
0.6
E
3
0.8
E
4
0.9
ENE
5
0.3
W
3
0.6
WSW
4
1.1
SW
11
1.2
SW
6
1.3
SW
9
1.2
SW
10
0.4
WSW
3
0.9
SW
9
Energy kJ
1
8
24
46
1
11
249
98
266
308
3
147
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
2
2
2
2
1
Distance (km)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
37
10
37
16
1
0
1
1
0
207
66
0
1
0
2
0
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
2
4
4
4
3
4
3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
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