Surf Forecast Surf Report
Kidds Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 18 May 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
20.1° C
(Which is 2.1°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 12PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 May)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (18 May)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (18 May)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
S
0.8
SE
1.3
ESE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
3
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
4
SW
4
SW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)12111111111110101099910881212121111111179101112121212121212121114141414141415151516151514141414141413121313121615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)27324424019118418421023321690908447862291009898729071137271673166739384362403534562986470539341783328827782136231222852471270229892817264827942723247919941826162111611043947841648518389335226215199
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
5
WSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SE
10
SE
5
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
20
WNW
20
NW
40
WSW
50
W
60
W
60
W
55
WSW
45
W
40
WSW
40
W
40
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
5
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
5
N
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18PM
1.19
7:28AM
1.17
8:31PM
1.16
8:49AM
1.09
9:59PM
1.19
10:27AM
1.09
11:18PM
1.29
11:49AM
1.16
12:19AM
1.42
12:50PM
1.26
1:11AM
1.54
1:41PM
1.36
1:58AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:56PM
0.39
1:22AM
0.54
1:56PM
0.45
2:44AM
0.59
3:14PM
0.48
4:23AM
0.56
4:37PM
0.46
5:45AM
0.45
5:48PM
0.39
6:46AM
0.31
6:46PM
0.29
7:36AM
0.19
7:37PM
0.20
8:21AM
0.09
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58--
Sunset----5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------5:14-------5:13-------5:13-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191922242221222324262522222121212021262726221915141417181919191818181921191917171616182019181717171823242221212122212628
Feels °C (?)1817182119192021212325222323232221202426232011421581010101012141417171916171616171917161515151621212019181718182425
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