Noordhoek Surf Forecast

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

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Noordhoek surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 SAST

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

Today's Noordhoek sea temperature is 18.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Noordhoek today?

The current surf forecast for Noordhoek at 10PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Evening (17 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	12s

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

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	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1960	1385	1118	933	1249	1936	871	1776	1845	637	781	1005	2366	3365	2480	6534	5940	5590	5019	4551	4314	3603	3297	2368
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	ENE	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	E	E	ENE	NE	E	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				1:54AM 1.58					2:07PM 1.79				2:25AM 1.67				2:36PM 1.87				2:53AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		8:00PM 0.52				7:58AM 0.51					8:28PM 0.43				8:26AM 0.43				8:53PM 0.36				8:51AM 0.37

	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-
Sunset	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	17	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	17	18
Feels °C (?)	10	12	16	13	11	9	10	12	12	12	11	11	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Noordhoek (moderate winds from the ENE at Port Elizabeth Airport 10 km from Noordhoek). A 2.2m groundswell from the SSW
2 hours 26 minutes ago Noordhoek

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2 h 26 min ago

24 km/h

ENE

Cross-On

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