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Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 16 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
17.8° C
 (Which is 5.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tidals today?

The current surf forecast for Tidals at 9AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (16 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (16 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
E
0.8
E
1.2
ESE
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1.5
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)8101098888888881010710101010881011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3298656825093763112852532191781501291412661181461231622082122745248171439
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
5
ENE
5
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44AM
1.21
2:49PM
1.35
3:17AM
1.32
3:22PM
1.44
3:49AM
1.42
3:53PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
0.41
8:39AM
0.45
9:07PM
0.30
9:14AM
0.35
9:37PM
0.21
9:47AM
0.28
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise---5:15-------5:15-------5:16----
Sunset------7:17-------7:17-------7:17-
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1----------------11-----
Temp. °C212020202020202020202021242524222120192123222220
Feels °C (?)202020202020192021212121232322242419161818171717
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