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Presleys Bay Surf Forecast
/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /
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Presleys Bay surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Presleys Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Presleys Bay at 5AM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 3.0m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 13ft (4.0m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Presleys Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 5 PM | 8 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 5020 | 3495 | 5580 | 4260 | 5220 | 1993 | 1871 | 1931 | 2655 | 2431 | 2221 | 1992 | 1806 | 1468 | 1468 | 1336 | 1838 | 1980 | 1894 | 1336 | 1385 | 1190 | 827 | 636 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | glass | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:58AM 1.12 | 1:36PM 1.23 | 1:51AM 1.27 | 2:16PM 1.40 | 2:28AM 1.41 | 2:47PM 1.55 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:20AM 0.53 | 7:50PM 0.49 | 8:03AM 0.37 | 8:27PM 0.34 | 8:34AM 0.23 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:56 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Continuing clean conditions at Presleys Bay (calm at Mthatha Airport 69 km from Presleys Bay). 6.0m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 4.0m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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