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Pipe surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 10 Dec 2025 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Pipe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pipe sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)How big are the waves at Pipe today?
The current surf forecast for Pipe at 2PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Dec) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (10 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 11s |
| Evening (10 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Pipe. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 16 |
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 kJ (?) | 920 | 768 | 730 | 512 | 485 | 400 | 168 | 263 | 214 | 214 | 222 | 524 | 913 | 1083 | 1146 | 718 | 522 | 424 | 338 | 247 | 244 | 212 | 221 | 314 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:28AM 1.65 | 7:42PM 1.46 | 8:30AM 1.57 | 8:49PM 1.36 | 9:42AM 1.53 | 10:10PM 1.31 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:33PM 0.75 | 1:41AM 0.68 | 2:46PM 0.83 | 2:45AM 0.77 | 4:18PM 0.86 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Sat 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 4:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 7:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
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