Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 26 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
20.1° C
(Which is 4.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tidals today?

The current surf forecast for Tidals at 2AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (27 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)111312121111121212121111111212121212111112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1051952031278100937942238030328816721722128327947833033732585914955937672824
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
WNW
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:05AM
1.07
1:30PM
1.20
2:07AM
1.27
2:21PM
1.35
2:48AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43PM
0.59
7:16AM
0.57
7:54PM
0.43
8:16AM
0.40
8:36PM
0.26
8:57AM
0.25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:54-------5:54--
Sunset6:46-------6:45-------6:44-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C232120191920232222222120192227252322212020202322
Feels °C (?)222017181719232122222121192327242222201919182121
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