Presleys Bay surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 SAST
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Presleys Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Presleys Bay sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Presleys Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Presleys Bay at 3AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (05 Nov)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
SE
0.9
ESE
1.2
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)1414131313121212121211111111111066996656
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41338430453040531325018615617185847168645750404256376483160
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
S
10
SE
15
SE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassononononononononglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
1.65
3:22PM
1.87
3:44AM
1.68
4:00PM
1.85
4:22AM
1.67
4:39PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
-0.03
9:05AM
-0.01
9:37PM
-0.07
9:44AM
-0.03
10:14PM
-0.05
10:24AM
0.01
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise---5:01-------5:01-------5:01----
Sunset------6:30-------6:30-------6:31-
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1211---------
Temp. °C181717202121201919191918181818181717171819202019
Feels °C (?)171616202019191919201917171717181716171716171716
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