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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 04 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
13.4° C
(Which is 1.9°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 3AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (04 Sep)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (04 Sep)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1
WSW
1.2
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121212111111111110121212121212121213131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)62861456248944643134638127734126827234796410471013253319499455664655784773
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
15
W
5
WSW
20
SW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
1.29
1:25PM
1.38
1:34AM
1.44
2:00PM
1.55
2:11AM
1.57
2:33PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
0.40
7:39PM
0.42
7:52AM
0.27
8:13PM
0.26
8:23AM
0.15
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise---7:00-------6:58-------6:58----
Sunset------6:30-------6:31-------6:31-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151516182226272320191615171920161413131314171716
Feels °C (?)121213151923232017161313131514121111121312171414
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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)). 1.4m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the WNW and a 0.3m 3s local chop from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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