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Igoda surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 16 Dec 2025 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Igoda surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Igoda sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is 4.6°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Igoda today?
The current surf forecast for Igoda at 5PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (16 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (16 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Igoda. (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) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
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 kJ (?) | 397 | 330 | 243 | 563 | 179 | 142 | 115 | 116 | 203 | 311 | 412 | 663 | 716 | 490 | 416 | 370 | 356 | 470 | 424 | 632 | 618 | 536 | 546 | 556 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:39PM 1.31 | 2:10AM 1.21 | 2:17PM 1.36 | 2:46AM 1.28 | 2:53PM 1.41 | 3:19AM 1.34 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:02PM 0.37 | 8:03AM 0.42 | 8:36PM 0.30 | 8:41AM 0.36 | 9:09PM 0.24 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:54 | - |
| Sunset | - | - | 7:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 26 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 27 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 21 |
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