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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 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
24.8° 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 9AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
4
3
1
1
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.4
SW
2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.7
E
1.6
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131371312121212121211101010121212121166777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19514918912115434404264054614973942702041601641371359830738216371336200
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
W
10
ESE
10
E
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:59AM
1.89
5:13PM
1.70
5:31AM
1.81
5:46PM
1.61
6:05AM
1.67
6:20PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
-0.09
11:10AM
-0.04
11:15PM
-0.03
11:42AM
0.04
11:49PM
0.07
12:16PM
0.18
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:05-------6:05-------6:05----
Sunset------6:12-------6:10-------6:08-
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1--11133-------1--------
Temp. °C222120212121212021212122252626232323242325252322
Feels °C (?)202119212122222021212123252627232525242221222122
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