Igoda surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 08 May 2026 SAST
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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
20.0° C
(Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Igoda today?

The current surf forecast for Igoda at 9PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (08 May)15ft (4.5m)13s
Evening (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, strong winds from the WNW by Sun afternoon).

Fri
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Mon
11
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)
0
0
0
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3
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
S
13
4.5
S
13
4.5
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.3
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
1.6
WSW
5
0.4
SE
13
1.9
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
2
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6894
6730
6303
5454
4868
4035
3192
2524
2137
1747
1446
1141
901
711
521
389
298
250
157
104
48
961
1327
1245
Wind (km/h)
40
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
ENE
15
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
N
20
NNE
25
N
25
N
15
NNW
45
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:49PM1.09m
7:58AM1.06m
9:23PM1.07m
9:44AM1.01m
11:00PM1.14m
Low Tide
1:22PM0.49m
1:54AM0.64m
2:35PM0.55m
3:40AM0.67m
4:09PM0.55m
5:21AM0.59m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
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6:47
6:48
6:48
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5:22
5:22
5:21
5:21
Temp °C
19
19
18
16
15
14
14
14
18
20
20
19
19
19
20
20
26
22
21
19
17
16
16
16
11
11
12
12
11
11
11
12
16
17
17
16
15
14
14
14
22
12
13
9
8
6
6
8
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
S
13
4.5
S
13
4.5
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.3
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.3
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.9
SW
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
8
1.9
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
2
SW
13
Energy kJ
6894
6730
6303
5454
4868
4035
3192
2524
2137
1747
1446
1141
901
711
521
389
202
130
94
62
48
961
1327
1245
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.4
ESE
10
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.4
SSW
14
1.3
ENE
8
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.5
ENE
8
0.5
ENE
9
0.5
ENE
9
Energy kJ
173
139
74
73
50
31
27
27
57
89
94
93
106
104
82
176
298
250
157
86
37
38
42
48
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
19
0.3
SW
18
0.2
SSW
18
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
8
0.1
SE
16
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.1
SE
15
0.9
ENE
8
0.4
SE
13
0.4
SE
13
0.4
SSE
10
0.5
SE
12
0.4
SSE
12
Energy kJ
57
49
30
56
96
41
64
63
15
14
14
14
14
13
10
81
73
9
85
42
40
38
73
59
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.6
WSW
12
0.5
NE
3
0.6
ENE
4
0.7
NE
5
1.1
ENE
6
0.6
N
3
0.8
NNW
4
1.1
WSW
13
0.8
WNW
4
1.6
WSW
5
1.9
WSW
9
1.4
W
5
1.4
WNW
5
1.2
WNW
5
Energy kJ
65
61
58
104
5
10
22
100
8
22
451
24
104
512
94
100
66
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
4
Distance (km)
421
421
220
16
16
16
16
16
38
80
458
40
0
0
0
0
8
175
240
240
211
373
417
196
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
2
2
2
2
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
5
7
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
3
4
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
6
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
9
7
9
5
4
5
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