Sharks Point Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (31.78° S 29.36° E)

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Sharks Point surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 17 Jul 2025 SAST

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Sharks Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Sharks Point sea temperature is 20.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sharks Point today?

The current surf forecast for Sharks Point at 12PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Afternoon (17 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Evening (17 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	10s

Table - waves today at Sharks Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Hourly 12 Days

Eastern Cape – Wild Coast Surf

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	Thursday 17							Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23								Thursday 24
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SW	E	E	E	SW	E	SSW	ENE	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	11	11	11	14	10	14	10	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	7	9	10	10	10	10	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	570	501	384	436	578	631	573	547	683	1012	2400	3300	3419	2856	2363	1938	1752	1572	1309	1223	1002	933	820	721	732	652	622	714	720	1276	1005	1100	554	681	885	798	723	604	463	429	327	478	753	655	771	750	728	659	785	545	573	1005	723	1459	3255	2573	1895	1663	1106	1283
Wind (km/h)	W	NW	N	NE	S	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	W	NNW	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	WNW	W	S	SE	WNW	NNW	N	W	W	SW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:45AM 1.31					8:23PM 1.45				8:41AM 1.20				9:26PM 1.35				10:00AM 1.11				10:51PM 1.29					11:43AM 1.10				12:25AM 1.30				1:14PM 1.18				1:40AM 1.37					2:18PM 1.31				2:36AM 1.46				3:08PM 1.44				3:22AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				1:52PM 0.30					2:43AM 0.44				2:47PM 0.41				3:56AM 0.51				4:03PM 0.50					5:29AM 0.53				5:43PM 0.53				6:59AM 0.47				7:14PM 0.47					8:05AM 0.36				8:20PM 0.37				8:55AM 0.25				9:11PM 0.27				9:36AM 0.15

	Thursday 17							Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23								Thursday 24
Sunrise	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	9	1	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	25	28	21	18	18	17	16	15	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	18	18	16	15	14	14	14	20	24	22	21	20	20	19	19	22	20	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	19	20	18	18	16	15	13	14	17	18
Feels °C (?)	15	15	22	24	20	16	15	14	13	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	11	12	11	17	19	19	18	17	17	16	17	21	19	17	17	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	18	17	16	15	11	9	7	8	9	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Sharks Point (light winds from the N at Coffee Bay 30 km from Sharks Point). 1.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 11s groundswell from the E and a 0.5m 13s groundswell from the SSE. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 14 minutes ago Sharks Point

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30 km away, 1 h 14 min ago

6 km/h

25.6

20.8

Air / Water (°C)

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