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/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /
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Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
19.9° C
(Which is 3.8°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Tidals today?
The current surf forecast for Tidals at 3PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Mar) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (26 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 11s |
| Evening (26 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Tidals. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 176 | 144 | 130 | 161 | 158 | 123 | 123 | 170 | 172 | 283 | 237 | 298 | 228 | 152 | 206 | 157 | 156 | 131 | 110 | 86 | 98 | 99 | 159 | 213 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | glass | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:01AM 1.04 | 10:58PM 1.00 | 12:01PM 1.04 | 12:58AM 1.15 | 1:21PM 1.17 | 1:49AM 1.33 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:20AM 0.62 | 3:50PM 0.65 | 5:33AM 0.68 | 6:32PM 0.58 | 7:19AM 0.53 | 7:33PM 0.42 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sun 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 6:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:08 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 18 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
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