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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 13 Jul 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
21.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Port St Johns today?

The current surf forecast for Port St Johns at 1PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 2.1m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (13 Jul)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Evening (13 Jul)8ft (2.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
ENE
1.7
SSW
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
SSW
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
2
ENE
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
E
1.3
E
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
2.2
ENE
2.5
NE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)1515148881414971011131212121212121212121111121211111817167161615111110101010141817171615151314141414141378899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)153415171390146490615821708670657881713558710659659657591585527472493469461460415465418453705725987103157454545848064055055654750862562588594982981719591784210818401556125990779812801448626582515
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
N
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
0
WSW
0
W
0
SSW
0
WNW
5
NNW
5
E
10
E
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
SE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrossonglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
1.59
5:37PM
1.61
5:44AM
1.57
6:13PM
1.62
6:20AM
1.52
6:51PM
1.60
6:59AM
1.43
7:33PM
1.54
7:44AM
1.33
8:23PM
1.46
8:40AM
1.22
9:26PM
1.37
9:59AM
1.12
10:51PM
1.30
11:42AM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
0.08
11:40PM
0.21
11:54AM
0.09
12:19AM
0.24
12:29PM
0.13
1:00AM
0.29
1:08PM
0.20
1:47AM
0.36
1:52PM
0.30
2:42AM
0.45
2:47PM
0.41
3:54AM
0.52
4:03PM
0.51
5:27AM
0.54
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Sunrise-7:00-------7:00-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:56--
Sunset----5:14-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:16-------5:17-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151420262421201716161819181818181817192019191818181820222018171717182223201817191918202020181715151416161616151312131923
Feels °C (?)1111182321181613131417181817181819171919192019191919202119171616151620222117161818171818171612101110131413121199111721
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