Tidals Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (32.86° S 28.11° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 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 17.3° C
(Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tidals today?

The current surf forecast for Tidals at 7AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	12s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	12s
Evening (19 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s

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

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		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	E	E	E	E	SSE	SSE	E	SSE	E
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	12	12	9	11	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1918	1686	1647	1209	1036	915	918	819	956	878	851	728	628	454	379	800	606	441	339	293	240	229	221	189
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	W	W	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NNW	WSW	SW	WSW	SW	SSE	ESE	SSW	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			2:25AM 1.37				2:45PM 1.52				2:56AM 1.47				3:13PM 1.62				3:23AM 1.54				3:39PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	8:26PM 0.33				8:33AM 0.23				8:56PM 0.21				9:00AM 0.13				9:23PM 0.13				9:26AM 0.07

		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	15	15	17	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	23	26	23	21	21	19	17	17	21	21	20	19
Feels °C (?)	12	12	13	17	17	15	14	13	13	13	12	14	19	22	22	23	16	16	15	16	20	20	20	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tidals (light winds from the WNW.(Wind varies from 250 to 310 degs) at East London Airport 32 km from Tidals). A 2.9m groundswell from the S
1 hour 33 minutes ago Tidals

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32 km away, 1 h 33 min ago

6 km/h

WNW

0.0

17.3

Air / Water (°C)

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