Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 07 Apr 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
17.3° C
(Which is 6.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tidals today?

The current surf forecast for Tidals at 2PM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)141414141313131314141313131312121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1895185818321868173617081708142212941161991852737623504409339333276271209198116112
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
SE
10
NE
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
1.37
6:11PM
1.25
6:20AM
1.25
6:42PM
1.13
6:52AM
1.12
7:31PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
0.34
12:12AM
0.43
12:37PM
0.46
12:44AM
0.57
1:20PM
0.59
1:37AM
0.70
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:22-------6:22-------6:24------
Sunset----5:55-------5:53-------5:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------1--
Temp. °C161822222019181717182527242122242325333027222321
Feels °C (?)141721201818171616172224222122242225333028222321
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