Lwandile surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 SAST
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Lwandile surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lwandile sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lwandile today?

The current surf forecast for Lwandile at 12PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
8
7
5
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2
S
2.2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)131213121313131313131313131313141313131212121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5448415536921993202319022655243122211992196214911468146820602153206013361543956827759857972
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
15
SSE
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
E
10
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:35PM
1.23
1:51AM
1.27
2:16PM
1.40
2:27AM
1.40
2:47PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
0.53
7:50PM
0.49
8:03AM
0.37
8:27PM
0.34
8:34AM
0.23
8:57PM
0.22
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise-6:00-------5:58-------5:56------
Sunset----5:54-------5:55-------5:57---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C151619181817171716171919181818181718201919191919
Feels °C (?)101213131516161715161716151717181717171414141415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has turned cross-on at Lwandile (near gales from the N at SHIP7737 45 km from Lwandile). 4.7m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 3.2m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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54 km/h
N
0.0
20.9
Air / Water (°C)
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