Mdumbe surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 25 Aug 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
19.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mdumbe today?

The current surf forecast for Mdumbe at 7PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (25 Aug)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (25 Aug)6ft (1.8m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
3
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313141414131313131212121212121211111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)8037339741227120210701345123210561024825715661607587500609444389383491457425430
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
20
SSE
30
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
SE
15
ESE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04PM
1.73
5:11AM
1.59
5:30PM
1.68
5:36AM
1.53
5:54PM
1.60
6:00AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:48AM
0.01
11:10PM
0.11
11:14AM
0.05
11:35PM
0.15
11:39AM
0.12
12:01AM
0.23
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Sunrise-------6:26-------6:26-------6:24
Sunset--5:42-------5:42-------5:43-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192019181615151517181817161614151821201918171718
Feels °C (?)201814131211121316151513141412151718181919181719
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-shore wind 105 km from Mdumbe has fallen light (calm at Margate). Waves should be turning clean at Mdumbe. 2.8m 13s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.

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