Pipe Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Pipe surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 24 Oct 2025 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 18.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pipe today?

The current surf forecast for Pipe at 6AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s
Afternoon (24 Oct)	7ft (2.1m)	13s
Evening (24 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	12s

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

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		Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	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	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	11	7	8	8	8	9	13	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	172	291	506	1024	1283	1658	1408	1161	852	605	491	568	551	150	116	433	165	255	297	255	281	953	1069	852
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	S	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:38AM 1.74				4:45PM 1.81					5:05AM 1.67				5:10PM 1.72				5:35AM 1.59				5:38PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	10:28PM 0.33				10:32AM 0.42				10:54PM 0.39				10:59AM 0.50					11:22PM 0.47				11:28AM 0.61

		Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	3	2	1
Temp. °C	17	16	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14
Feels °C (?)	13	13	14	17	18	17	18	18	20	17	14	13	12	13	13	12	11	12	11	12	13	12	11	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Pipe (light winds from the WSW at Port Elizabeth Airport 5 km from Pipe). 1.7m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 8s swell from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 4 minutes ago Pipe
Wind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Fence (Port Elizabeth) (light winds from the WSW at Port Elizabeth Airport 4 km from Fence (Port Elizabeth)). 1.7m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 8s swell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 4 minutes ago Fence (Port Elizabeth)

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1 h 4 min ago

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WSW

Cross-Off

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