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Pipe surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 18 Aug 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Pipe today?
The current surf forecast for Pipe at 9PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Aug) | 4ft (1.2m) | 9s |
| Evening (18 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Pipe. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 346 | 477 | 472 | 555 | 484 | 449 | 451 | 587 | 991 | 883 | 822 | 733 | 621 | 497 | 432 | 366 | 347 | 359 | 240 | 263 | 233 | 1980 | 3983 | 1237 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:22AM 1.42 | 1:14PM 1.39 | 1:36AM 1.52 | 2:11PM 1.55 | 2:26AM 1.63 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:00PM 0.80 | 7:09AM 0.68 | 7:31PM 0.69 | 8:05AM 0.55 | 8:25PM 0.55 | 8:45AM 0.43 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - |
| Sunset | 5:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 18 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)
Cross-off wind 5 km from Pipe has become light (light winds from the N.(Wind varies from 290 to 060 degs) at Port Elizabeth Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Pipe. 1.2m 9s swell from the ESE with a 0.8m 8s swell from the SW and a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.- Cross-off wind 4 km from Fence (Port Elizabeth) has become light (light winds from the N.(Wind varies from 290 to 060 degs) at Port Elizabeth Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Fence (Port Elizabeth). 1.2m 9s swell from the ESE with a 0.8m 8s swell from the SW and a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 13 min ago
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