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Salad Bowls surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 30 Apr 2025 SAST
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Salad Bowls surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salad Bowls sea temperature is
18.3° C
(Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Salad Bowls today?

The current surf forecast for Salad Bowls at 1AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 30). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (01 May)13ft (4.0m)11s
Evening (01 May)13ft (4.0m)11s

Table - waves today at Salad Bowls. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thu
08
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212118111111111111111111111111111112111111111111111111111110101010151414131211111313131211111112121212121111151817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)236827102910243014477152507414940673832348533463346337036473962418739183731361135532918242321071791157514211242109182370552143532028622725533637340563456347165972370074772875273897410941180116010221073766122544855188
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
35
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
30
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
35
W
40
W
40
WSW
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
SSW
5
ESE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
S
10
S
10
S
5
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
SW
15
SSE
5
SE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
1.55
5:43AM
1.56
6:11PM
1.43
6:27AM
1.37
7:03PM
1.29
7:21AM
1.20
8:16PM
1.17
8:45AM
1.06
10:07PM
1.13
10:47AM
1.02
11:43PM
1.20
12:11PM
1.09
12:39AM
1.30
1:02PM
1.18
1:18AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
0.19
11:58AM
0.21
12:16AM
0.35
12:43PM
0.36
1:12AM
0.51
1:41PM
0.50
2:37AM
0.64
3:10PM
0.60
4:46AM
0.67
5:00PM
0.60
6:17AM
0.59
6:13PM
0.54
7:07AM
0.49
7:00PM
0.46
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thu
08
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58------
Sunset5:39-------5:38-------5:37-------5:37-------5:36-------5:35-------5:35-------5:34---
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Rain (mm)
2--------11111-1--------------------------------------------
Temp. °C171616151413191714141313121213141515141413131516161514131312172121202019191924252020191817162019181616161616191918171716
Feels °C (?)131012111010128678766556878981113151412101010151918181715151521211818161514131917171515141414191819171716
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