Mdumbe surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Oct 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
22.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mdumbe today?

The current surf forecast for Mdumbe at 3AM is: 1.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (20 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161515151414141413131414141414131313131313161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16641520131011379949386064972943173513562892932892573123124024083211011950845
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
5
N
5
W
5
NW
5
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
crossglassglassononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:58AM
1.52
3:09PM
1.68
3:24AM
1.56
3:34PM
1.70
3:49AM
1.58
3:58PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56PM
0.15
8:56AM
0.14
9:20PM
0.10
9:22AM
0.11
9:44PM
0.07
9:47AM
0.10
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---5:18-------5:16-------5:16----
Sunset------6:17-------6:17-------6:19-
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C181717171819191817161517202120191817171921222221
Feels °C (?)171515151515141414141416181717181918182019192020
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Mdumbe (light winds from the SSE at Mthatha Airport 70 km from Mdumbe). A 2.9m long period groundswell from the SSW

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