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Mpande Bay surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 SAST
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Mpande Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mpande Bay sea temperature is
24.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Mpande Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Mpande Bay at 4PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (03 Feb)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (03 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
1
E
1.2
ENE
1.2
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
E
0.7
ESE
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
E
1.3
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.8
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)688866677896666666686788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)471292021961441711881751522357714419220518212364855116969159169145
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
ENE
20
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
5
N
10
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNW
20
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
1.67
5:20AM
1.76
5:27PM
1.63
5:50AM
1.72
5:55PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:53AM
0.07
11:03PM
-0.04
11:25AM
0.09
11:32PM
-0.00
11:55AM
0.14
12:00AM
0.07
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise-5:28-------5:30-------5:31------
Sunset----7:01-------7:01-------7:00---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------1-----11921
Temp. °C222427272725242323252728272524242425292727232423
Feels °C (?)252828272826262525282828262524282727292628242425
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