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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 14 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
21.1° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 6PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.3
SSW
2
SW
2.4
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111151413131212121211111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48348342942242969081515151952334132462861220119131459743617505399369318284127236
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
1.20
1:56AM
1.15
2:03PM
1.29
2:37AM
1.25
2:43PM
1.38
3:11AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
0.51
7:56AM
0.55
8:30PM
0.40
8:37AM
0.45
9:04PM
0.30
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-------5:20-------5:22-------5:22
Sunset--7:31-------7:30-------7:30-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------11---1----------
Temp. °C232423232321212120191919191919191919201920191920
Feels °C (?)232424242219191916151515161615151516181718182021
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