Mtati Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Mtati surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 18 Aug 2025 SAST

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Mtati surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Mtati sea temperature is 18.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Mtati today?

The current surf forecast for Mtati at 12AM is: 0.4m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 18). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s
Evening (19 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	11s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Eastern Cape (South) Surf

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	Monday 18			Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	17	16	16	16	15	18	16	11	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	216	97	199	233	307	286	304	479	671	1103	1050	875	824	727	773	629	546	489	392	332	299	214	1350	2416
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	NW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	W	WSW	W	W	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)				12:39AM 1.15				1:31PM 1.15				1:49AM 1.27					2:23PM 1.31				2:35AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		6:06PM 0.61				7:16AM 0.49				7:39PM 0.48					8:11AM 0.35				8:31PM 0.35				8:50AM 0.22

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	18	19	19	17	16	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	18	20	19	17	18	16	15	15	18	18
Feels °C (?)	18	20	20	19	14	12	14	13	13	13	14	14	16	13	14	16	15	15	15	12	12	12	13	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Mtati (calm at West Bank wx 21 km from Mtati). 0.7m 8s swell from the SW with a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
58 minutes ago Mtati

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21 km away, 58 min ago

2 km/h

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18.8

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