Nazare Big Wave Challenge Gets Yellow Alert, Could Run Saturday in Giant Waves
70-foot plus waves predicted for Portuguese big wave tow surfing competition.
Surf Forecasts:
Igoda surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 12 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 4.5°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Igoda today?
The current surf forecast for Igoda at 6PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Dec) | 6ft (1.9m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (12 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 9s |
| Evening (12 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Igoda. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 508 | 383 | 271 | 322 | 188 | 254 | 162 | 200 | 553 | 2446 | 2002 | 1412 | 934 | 1053 | 734 | 596 | 512 | 504 | 437 | 341 | 320 | 309 | 314 | 536 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:39AM 1.20 | 10:02PM 0.99 | 10:55AM 1.19 | 11:31PM 1.00 | 12:02PM 1.21 | 12:40AM 1.06 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:08PM 0.61 | 4:01AM 0.55 | 5:32PM 0.58 | 5:21AM 0.57 | 6:37PM 0.52 | 6:28AM 0.54 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:54 | - |
| Sunset | - | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:12 | - | - | - | - | - |
 | | |  |  | |  |  |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 22 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 21 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
Buy Less, Surf More This Black Friday
Surf-forecast is providing a free, all-access pass to our premium features and 12-day forecasts all weekend.
Quiksilver Teams Up With PrimaLoft® For World’s First Thermal Layering System for a Wetsuit.
Previously used in our snow jackets for mountain conditions, PrimaLoft® technology is making its debut in the surf industry. The aim is to bring mountain-grade warmth to the waves.
Vancouver Island’s Day Of Days With Reed Platenius
Surf-Forecast recently helped the 21-year-old Canadian pro surfer and adventurer score some cold water perfection at home.
Read more
Discover more articles and updates in the Greenroom.
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Igoda surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest