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Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 14 Dec 2025 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
17.1° C
(Which is 5.6°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Tidals today?
The current surf forecast for Tidals at 9PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (14 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 13s |
| Evening (14 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Tidals. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
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 kJ (?) | 345 | 285 | 267 | 210 | 271 | 504 | 555 | 538 | 522 | 426 | 413 | 433 | 400 | 339 | 333 | 274 | 199 | 186 | 176 | 170 | 119 | 59 | 110 | 299 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:40AM 1.07 | 12:56PM 1.26 | 1:30AM 1.15 | 1:39PM 1.32 | 2:11AM 1.22 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:36PM 0.53 | 6:28AM 0.55 | 7:23PM 0.45 | 7:21AM 0.49 | 8:02PM 0.38 | 8:03AM 0.43 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:54 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 24 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 23 |
| Feels °C (?) | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
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