Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 19 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
22.1° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tidals today?

The current surf forecast for Tidals at 6AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
2
0
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
SE
0.8
S
0.9
S
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)1413131212111111111313131313121299988887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16531543146810629256754954153433172492352312272172101511371317284100240236
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
SW
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
SW
0
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
1.76
5:03PM
1.65
5:24AM
1.77
5:34PM
1.61
5:54AM
1.73
6:05PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
-0.05
11:02AM
0.02
11:08PM
-0.06
11:33AM
0.03
11:37PM
-0.01
12:05PM
0.09
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---5:47-------5:48-------5:48----
Sunset------6:54-------6:53-------6:52-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------11-------
Temp. °C222221242627262322222224262625242322222327272625
Feels °C (?)242523262728282524242427282828272825252730292828
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