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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 31 Oct 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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.3°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 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 31). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (01 Nov)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (01 Nov)11ft (3.5m)12s

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

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Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
1
2
2
1
2
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)1313891010101212121213131213121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9907658681610176422792352333536123588327837272972219626102212196617311610148813567877361172
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
10
ESE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.18
12:38PM
1.41
1:01AM
1.33
1:19PM
1.59
1:44AM
1.46
1:58PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
0.53
6:13AM
0.43
6:57PM
0.35
6:59AM
0.30
7:39PM
0.18
7:41AM
0.17
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Sunrise-----5:20-------5:18-------5:18--
Sunset6:46-------6:47-------6:47-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201817171719191818171615141619181716151414182322
Feels °C (?)141513131214131111121312101214141415141213172119
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