Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 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
21.3° C
(Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tidals today?

The current surf forecast for Tidals at 12AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)--
Afternoon (21 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (21 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)137811121212121112101010101212126667111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22524456014566035575995505046074954243021901962031791371401009797128161
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
SW
5
WSW
10
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
E
25
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
1.67
4:58AM
1.83
5:13PM
1.63
5:30AM
1.75
5:46PM
1.53
6:05AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
-0.07
11:10AM
-0.04
11:14PM
-0.02
11:43AM
0.05
11:48PM
0.09
12:18PM
0.18
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:11-------6:11--
Sunset6:19-------6:17-------6:15-------
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
------221-------1------1
Temp. °C232120202020202020202019192227282424232322222523
Feels °C (?)201919191920212119202018182125252325252320192222
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