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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 27 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
22.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Sea Vista today?

The current surf forecast for Sea Vista at 7PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (27 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (27 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121213131313131313131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)157516291682185221302397239722012345238222742310231023102274227420392039188317621568135911671059
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
S
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
1.26
10:55PM
1.06
11:44AM
1.25
12:44AM
1.14
1:13PM
1.33
1:56AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:32PM
0.57
4:50AM
0.59
6:32PM
0.52
6:51AM
0.53
7:48PM
0.39
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise-------5:33-------5:35-------5:35
Sunset--7:25-------7:25-------7:24-----
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222222121212121212121202020202121212121212122
Feels °C (?)212121232222222222212021212222212020191920202123
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