Mdumbe surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 SAST
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Mdumbe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mdumbe sea temperature is
23.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Mdumbe today?

The current surf forecast for Mdumbe at 11PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)--
Afternoon (04 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (04 Dec)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SW
1.3
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1111111111101010106610999999969987
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6285365264513753132542446161791883281401061068383136424039383534
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NE
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
S
25
S
15
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
SE
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07PM
1.74
3:34AM
1.59
3:51PM
1.73
4:17AM
1.61
4:34PM
1.68
5:01AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:24PM
0.03
9:35AM
0.08
10:06PM
0.02
10:20AM
0.09
10:47PM
0.05
11:05AM
0.15
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise----4:48-------4:48-------4:48---
Sunset6:55-------6:57-------6:58-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------11--121-----
Temp. °C212019191923242424222120192123222120202019191920
Feels °C (?)181617181924212322202018181920202119191919191818
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