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Periwinkles surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 11 Dec 2025 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
21.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Periwinkles today?
The current surf forecast for Periwinkles at 7PM is: 3.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 10ft (3.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 11ft (3.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Periwinkles. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 599 | 752 | 1196 | 1556 | 1611 | 1418 | 1171 | 1011 | 688 | 528 | 402 | 465 | 800 | 315 | 227 | 161 | 294 | 2827 | 2716 | 1953 | 1351 | 1111 | 756 | 615 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- on | cross- off | cross | glass | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | glass | glass | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:26AM 1.26 | 8:36PM 1.07 | 9:37AM 1.21 | 10:00PM 1.01 | 10:55AM 1.19 | 11:30PM 1.01 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:42PM 0.58 | 2:45AM 0.49 | 4:05PM 0.62 | 4:00AM 0.56 | 5:30PM 0.60 | 5:21AM 0.57 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - |
| Sunset | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 |
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