The Point (Elands Bay) surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 SAST
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The Point (Elands Bay) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Point (Elands Bay) sea temperature is
13.1° C
(Which is 2.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Point (Elands Bay) today?

The current surf forecast for The Point (Elands Bay) at 9AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (19 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (19 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

Table - waves today at The Point (Elands Bay). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
WSW
0.6
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109999988777877777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12711779776046333231304121201923212121111827413524
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
WNW
10
SW
20
WSW
10
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoncrosscrossononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
1.61
2:22AM
1.55
2:36PM
1.69
2:53AM
1.61
3:05PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
0.24
8:23PM
0.19
8:30AM
0.17
8:54PM
0.12
8:59AM
0.14
9:22PM
0.08
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
Sunrise-6:41-------6:39-------6:37------
Sunset----6:39-------6:40-------6:42---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C161821242421201615151617171614141314151615141414
Feels °C (?)12151821191718141414141515141111101213141213910
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Point (Elands Bay) (calm at Brandhoek wx 72 km from The Point (Elands Bay)). 0.9m 10s swell from the SW with a 0.4m 10s swell from the W and a 0.2m 15s groundswell from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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