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Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 19 Jan 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
20.2° C
 (Which is 3.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tidals today?

The current surf forecast for Tidals at 6PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (19 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
E
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSW
1.4
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212121212101011111167991481313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5504783973973302252361982063881401312577819194249643289263254254254206
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
SSE
0
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
E
30
E
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
1.55
4:48AM
1.57
4:52PM
1.57
5:18AM
1.61
5:22PM
1.56
5:49AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
0.22
10:35PM
0.07
10:49AM
0.18
11:03PM
0.04
11:21AM
0.16
11:32PM
0.03
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-------5:18-------5:18-------5:20
Sunset--7:16-------7:16-------7:16-----
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232322211917172223222119191917202424242119181824
Feels °C (?)212020211916162020191919202017192119201818171826
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