Middle Rock surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 21 Mar 2026 SAST
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Middle Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Middle Rock sea temperature is
21.1° C
(Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Middle Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Middle Rock at 4PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
E
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
S
1.8
S
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121111101010101212121111711111111111115141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5995505045964864163081901992841831351301281401281281642214481377850799826
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
E
10
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
5
N
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:13PM
1.63
5:30AM
1.75
5:46PM
1.53
6:05AM
1.61
6:22PM
1.40
6:43AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:10AM
-0.04
11:14PM
-0.02
11:43AM
0.05
11:48PM
0.09
12:18PM
0.18
12:25AM
0.24
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-------6:11-------6:11-------6:13
Sunset--6:17-------6:15-------6:15-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111-------1---11-1------
Temp. °C202020212121212226272423222221222322222221212121
Feels °C (?)202020202020202024242325252118202121212220201919
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