Port St Johns surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 25 Oct 2025 SAST
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Port St Johns surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Port St Johns sea temperature is
20.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Port St Johns today?

The current surf forecast for Port St Johns at 2PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (25 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (25 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

Table - waves today at Port St Johns. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tue
28
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.5
SW
1.1
SSW
0.7
ENE
1.4
SSW
1.2
S
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)13121211119856667667131312121212121215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3892781992426120662106108172177175137194293215202339333308184152996975
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
W
5
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
1.48
5:12PM
1.50
5:30AM
1.39
5:39PM
1.40
6:00AM
1.28
6:09PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:04AM
0.25
11:24PM
0.26
11:31AM
0.35
11:53PM
0.36
12:02PM
0.47
12:30AM
0.47
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tue
28
Sunrise-5:11-------5:11-------5:09------
Sunset----6:20-------6:20-------6:21---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------121122225442------
Temp. °C172022222120191918161515151515161616171718171717
Feels °C (?)182021202019181715121112121414161516171719171717
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become very light (calm at Margate 78 km from Port St Johns). Surf should be turning clean at Port St Johns. 2.0m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 5s windswell from the ESE and a 0.6m 3s local chop from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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