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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 16 Sep 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
18.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Salad Bowls today?

The current surf forecast for Salad Bowls at 10AM is: 8.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)26ft (8.0m)14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)21ft (6.5m)13s
Evening (16 Sep)18ft (5.5m)13s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
7
7
6
6
5
3
4
4
3
4
5
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
7.5
SW
8.5
SW
7.5
SW
7
SW
6
SW
5.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141313121212121313131313121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)20139284372364717208125519798782166606508765666515718513946494041348832402829247623452278226821921837
Wind
(km/h)
45
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:22PM
1.10
12:51AM
1.17
1:27PM
1.27
1:43AM
1.30
2:07PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52AM
0.63
6:44PM
0.61
7:13AM
0.49
7:43PM
0.45
7:56AM
0.34
8:21PM
0.31
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise-6:18-------6:16-------6:16------
Sunset----6:12-------6:12-------6:13---
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1111-------------------
Temp. °C181514141414141412131617151313121113171816141313
Feels °C (?)96445677681010910109710131210121011
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  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 56 km from Salad Bowls has swung offshore (moderate winds from the WSW at Springfield wx). A 7.0m groundswell from the SW is too big for here

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