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Port St Johns Surf Forecast
/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /
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Port St Johns surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 29 Aug 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Port St Johns today?
The current surf forecast for Port St Johns at 1PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 17s |
| Afternoon (29 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
| Evening (29 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Port St Johns. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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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) (?) | 10 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 184 | 224 | 232 | 315 | 247 | 369 | 644 | 978 | 961 | 841 | 805 | 583 | 584 | 598 | 552 | 417 | 532 | 530 | 461 | 390 | 479 | 337 | 416 | 502 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:24AM 1.36 | 6:41PM 1.40 | 6:48AM 1.24 | 7:08PM 1.26 | 7:16AM 1.11 | 7:44PM 1.12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:28PM 0.33 | 12:52AM 0.43 | 12:54PM 0.46 | 1:23AM 0.56 | 1:24PM 0.60 | |||||||||||||||||||
Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | Mon 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:44 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Continuing clean conditions at Port St Johns (calm at Margate 78 km from Port St Johns). 1.0m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.9m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.6m 12s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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