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Mbomvu surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 SAST
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Mbomvu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mbomvu sea temperature is
25.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Mbomvu today?

The current surf forecast for Mbomvu at 9PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (04 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (04 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.9
SSW
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.6
E
0.5
SSW
0.7
E
0.5
SSW
0.7
E
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)116666611116678888128891291287
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1281262051881441509365808624627329524622324714099578281796850
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
35
ENE
25
E
25
NE
20
NE
5
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
W
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WSW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
S
10
SSE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
1.63
5:50AM
1.72
5:55PM
1.55
6:18AM
1.64
6:23PM
1.46
6:45AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
0.09
11:32PM
0.00
11:56AM
0.15
12:00AM
0.07
12:24PM
0.23
12:26AM
0.18
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------5:31-------5:31-------5:33
Sunset--7:02-------7:01-------7:00-----
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---11-----2771----------
Temp. °C282826252424242528272624242424242525252323222224
Feels °C (?)292727262627262727262727262726222323262526242324
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