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Periwinkles Surf Forecast
/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /
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Periwinkles surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Periwinkles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Periwinkles sea temperature is
23.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Periwinkles today?
The current surf forecast for Periwinkles at 12AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 20). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Mar) | - | - |
| Afternoon (21 Mar) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 13s |
| Evening (21 Mar) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Periwinkles. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1137 | 265 | 192 | 835 | 802 | 636 | 636 | 644 | 602 | 671 | 660 | 377 | 240 | 237 | 230 | 184 | 181 | 176 | 161 | 139 | 85 | 96 | 171 | 592 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:42PM 1.68 | 4:58AM 1.83 | 5:13PM 1.63 | 5:31AM 1.75 | 5:46PM 1.54 | 6:05AM 1.62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:43PM -0.08 | 11:10AM -0.04 | 11:15PM -0.02 | 11:43AM 0.04 | 11:49PM 0.08 | 12:18PM 0.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - |
| Sunset | 6:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 23 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 20 |
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