Kidds Beach surf break

Kidds Beach surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 SAST
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Kidds Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kidds Beach sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kidds Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Kidds Beach at 2AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)18ft (5.5m)14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)15ft (4.5m)14s
Evening (16 Sep)11ft (3.5m)14s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
2
0
!
!
!
3
4
3
3
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
5
SW
4.5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212141515141413131313131313131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)81289014411396294729638771758043760870187289307292631143087280125742252205619011792210116171590
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
WSW
40
WSW
50
W
50
WSW
55
WSW
50
SW
45
WSW
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
20
WSW
25
SSW
20
S
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
SW
25
S
20
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:50PM
1.01
12:24PM
1.03
12:55AM
1.10
1:33PM
1.20
1:48AM
1.24
2:13PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.64
6:45PM
0.61
7:17AM
0.49
7:47PM
0.46
8:00AM
0.34
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise---6:07-------6:05-------6:05----
Sunset------6:00-------6:00-------6:01-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819201718171514131314181817171615141518181818
Feels °C (?)1715101077656567121213161513111115131416
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 15 km from Kidds Beach has become light (light winds from the NNW at East London). Waves should be turning clean at Kidds Beach. A 2.3m groundswell from the SSW

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2 h 2 min ago

7 km/h
NNW
Clean
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