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Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 11 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
19.5° 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 12AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 24s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)20s
Afternoon (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)18s
Evening (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
2
4
4
1
2
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)888882019181616151414141313139998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)399446482470432561630677731803581565465326303246189189185146140113113142
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
10
E
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
S
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:27PM
0.97
10:23AM
1.10
11:24PM
0.94
12:05PM
1.09
1:06AM
1.00
1:20PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
0.63
3:25AM
0.62
5:06PM
0.66
5:07AM
0.68
6:49PM
0.61
6:52AM
0.64
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-----5:11-------5:11-------5:13--
Sunset7:19-------7:19-------7:19-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C302523232228323230242222232528272523222222232627
Feels °C (?)292624252228313133282423242628272626242425262727
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