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Sea Vista surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 SAST
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Sea Vista surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sea Vista sea temperature is
21.4° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sea Vista today?

The current surf forecast for Sea Vista at 1AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s

Table - waves today at Sea Vista. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
S
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121112111212131212121111111111111514141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1291115211231898330327302088345917801569103486073452746637957310161610153312071073822683
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
WSW
25
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
SW
20
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
NE
20
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02PM
1.31
7:37AM
1.41
7:42PM
1.19
8:20AM
1.30
8:32PM
1.08
9:15AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:05AM
0.30
1:44PM
0.47
1:41AM
0.42
2:31PM
0.57
2:25AM
0.54
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----5:15-------5:16-------5:16--
Sunset7:31-------7:31-------7:31-------
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232020191920212122212120202121222121212121222525
Feels °C (?)191818151517171920191918181817181718182021222423
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