Kitchen Windows surf break

Kitchen Windows surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 SAST
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Kitchen Windows surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kitchen Windows sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Kitchen Windows today?

The current surf forecast for Kitchen Windows at 9AM is: 2.4m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s
Afternoon (21 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
2
1
1
2
2
1
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121211111210121212121212121111111111111112121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)225723482128172470111701427104785078269468360457356355351250356314321377178024942736
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
15
S
20
SE
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
SSE
15
S
15
SW
15
W
20
W
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
1.86
5:11PM
1.65
5:28AM
1.78
5:46PM
1.56
6:04AM
1.64
6:24PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:39PM
-0.05
11:08AM
-0.03
11:12PM
0.01
11:42AM
0.06
11:47PM
0.12
12:18PM
0.20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:22-------6:24-------6:24----
Sunset------6:30-------6:29-------6:28-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------11----
Temp. °C191817182121202019201920242222202020202121212020
Feels °C (?)171716172019182019212021242121191918202120191617
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