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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 21 Dec 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
19.2° C
 (Which is 2.4°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 11AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 21). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Dec)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (21 Dec)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (21 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wed
24
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.6
WSW
0.7
SSE
1.5
WSW
1.5
SW
0.7
SW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1312121212121212111310101011111111111110101077
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1748134211171005835494383332283398213209206176172169169541117502459104180212
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
20
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
20
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
E
15
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
5
SSE
10
WSW
20
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
45
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononononglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
1.52
4:55AM
1.48
4:59PM
1.51
5:28AM
1.48
5:31PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:21AM
0.29
10:42PM
0.16
10:54AM
0.29
11:13PM
0.16
11:29AM
0.32
11:46PM
0.18
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wed
24
Sunrise-5:05-------5:05-------5:05------
Sunset----7:30-------7:30-------7:30---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C181920212122222120232527252423212123262622212019
Feels °C (?)181718191820222322252525232724201920222020192019
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