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Humewood surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 16 Jan 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
22.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Humewood today?

The current surf forecast for Humewood at 12PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (16 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
0.9
SW
1.6
SE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.6
E
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)88811877777771099101010101212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32726522921726921515813212399778868148909847566712041475145012371116965
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
5
NNW
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:33AM
1.53
2:36PM
1.65
3:10AM
1.64
3:12PM
1.73
3:42AM
1.74
3:44PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
0.74
8:56PM
0.56
9:07AM
0.65
9:27PM
0.46
9:40AM
0.57
9:57PM
0.39
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-5:22-------5:22-------5:24------
Sunset----7:30-------7:30-------7:30---
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C191920202019191919192021212120201920202020201919
Feels °C (?)151717171816161818202018181817161313121213151617
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