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Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 17 Feb 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
22.8° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tidals today?

The current surf forecast for Tidals at 8AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (17 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (17 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
4
3
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.8
E
2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2.1
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1212121288888151516161010101314131212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19219218014137745149645836839238743552738148262314012742178312921027720545460
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
30
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NE
20
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSE
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59AM
1.61
4:05PM
1.61
4:26AM
1.71
4:34PM
1.65
4:55AM
1.76
5:03PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
0.07
10:03AM
0.12
10:13PM
-0.01
10:32AM
0.05
10:40PM
-0.05
11:02AM
0.02
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise---5:45-------5:46-------5:47----
Sunset------6:57-------6:55-------6:54-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201918212729262320202023272826242222212528282724
Feels °C (?)161515182426242221212122262624232223222730303028
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