Periwinkles surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 SAST
Forecast 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 7AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 2.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.6
ENE
1.2
E
1
E
1.6
SW
0.7
E
1.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212101012121212126676761113
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1928358507596366056026716603773183142261841931781881198814845241204335
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
ENE
20
E
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
35
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
20
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:58AM
1.83
5:13PM
1.63
5:31AM
1.75
5:46PM
1.54
6:05AM
1.62
6:22PM
1.41
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
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:09-------6:09-------6:11----
Sunset------6:16-------6:15-------6:14-
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
1---241111----2------11-
Temp. °C202020202120212121212022262724232323222224232222
Feels °C (?)171818192221192020201921242422232622181820212021
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Periwinkles surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest