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Pipe surf Forecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 20 Apr 2024 SAST
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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 17.5°C (Statistics for 20 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 21.8 °C max: 23.7 °C min: 20.7 °C)
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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 17.5°C (Statistics for 20 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 21.8 °C max: 23.7 °C min: 20.7 °C)


How big are the waves at Pipe today?

The current surf forecast for Pipe at 3AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

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Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.2
S
1.8
S
2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.5
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSW
1.8
S
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)121212121115151414131313121313121212111111101010999171617171616161514141414131313131312121212121167810999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)946968668285121268253282396373256433411386303298217210109104100968783106271769184222992496216420961568135211911028831694683582703475365290285289404214194276277307556577551485484449
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
0
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
E
15
E
20
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
25
ENE
5
ENE
20
NNE
25
N
5
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
10
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
25
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononononononcrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:00AM
1.68
2:16PM
1.58
2:28AM
1.78
2:43PM
1.67
2:54AM
1.85
3:10PM
1.74
3:19AM
1.91
3:36PM
1.78
3:45AM
1.93
4:03PM
1.80
4:11AM
1.92
4:31PM
1.78
4:39AM
1.89
5:01PM
1.74
5:08AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:20AM
0.56
8:15PM
0.53
8:43AM
0.47
8:41PM
0.45
9:07AM
0.39
9:07PM
0.39
9:31AM
0.33
9:32PM
0.36
9:56AM
0.30
9:59PM
0.36
10:22AM
0.30
10:26PM
0.38
10:50AM
0.33
10:55PM
0.44
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise---6:43-------6:45-------6:45-------6:46-------6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48
Sunset------5:47-------5:45-------5:45-------5:44-------5:43-------5:42-------5:40-----
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Rain (mm)
----------------------1--------------------------121--------
Temp. °C202019202222212020202020212221202020212226221919191918192122212019181818202018171717171719191817171717171718181718181818
Feels °C (?)222221232423222222212120202019181922212028201819202019212323222220181818181715151616151414141313141514131213141414151514

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