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Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 26 Dec 2025 SAST
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Tidals surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tidals sea temperature is
17.3° C
 (Which is 5.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tidals today?

The current surf forecast for Tidals at 10AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Dec)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (26 Dec)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (26 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Mon
29
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1.6
ESE
1.3
E
1.6
ESE
1.1
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)99991212121299910999999966666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17045128841534116719919816216813711311110610410478767611210212611275
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
5
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
1.39
7:33PM
1.24
8:18AM
1.35
8:33PM
1.15
9:23AM
1.32
9:54PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:37PM
0.43
1:46AM
0.34
2:38PM
0.48
2:42AM
0.41
3:54PM
0.50
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Mon
29
Sunrise4:58-------4:58-------4:58-------
Sunset----7:16-------7:16-------7:16---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
122121---122111-112211--
Temp. °C202020202019191919191919191919191920212021202020
Feels °C (?)232220202019192020191818181819202021211921202121
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