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Igoda surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 11 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
19.1° C
(Which is 3.3°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Igoda today?
The current surf forecast for Igoda at 1PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 10ft (3.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 10ft (3.0m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Igoda. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 669 | 581 | 507 | 835 | 1238 | 1312 | 1660 | 1631 | 1297 | 821 | 603 | 480 | 358 | 391 | 646 | 254 | 169 | 251 | 537 | 1172 | 2299 | 2119 | 1601 | 1127 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:28AM 1.25 | 8:38PM 1.05 | 9:39AM 1.20 | 10:02PM 0.99 | 10:55AM 1.19 | 11:31PM 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:45PM 0.57 | 2:47AM 0.49 | 4:08PM 0.61 | 4:01AM 0.55 | 5:32PM 0.58 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sun 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:12 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 21 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
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