Second Beach (Port St Johns) surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 SAST
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Second Beach (Port St Johns) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Second Beach (Port St Johns) sea temperature is
21.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Second Beach (Port St Johns) today?

The current surf forecast for Second Beach (Port St Johns) at 2AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (05 Nov)3ft (0.9m)12s

Table - waves today at Second Beach (Port St Johns). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.5
SSW
1.1
SE
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.8
SE
0.9
ESE
1.2
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)141413131312121212121111511111066996656
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)419337309295281318254236156171163737169645849532957436482143
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
E
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
1.66
3:22PM
1.89
3:44AM
1.70
4:00PM
1.86
4:22AM
1.69
4:39PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
-0.03
9:05AM
-0.01
9:37PM
-0.07
9:44AM
-0.03
10:14PM
-0.05
10:24AM
0.01
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise---5:01-------5:01-------5:00----
Sunset------6:29-------6:30-------6:30-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1211---------
Temp. °C181717192121201919191918181818181817171819202019
Feels °C (?)171617192019191919201917171717181816171817171716
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