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Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 09 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
19.1° C
 (Which is 4.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tidals today?

The current surf forecast for Tidals at 3PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (09 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
3
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
2
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.8
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)14131312121211111110101015141413137888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)118914001336988841698573459440308250204347496747513414330496596659668699562
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
1.18
8:14AM
1.28
8:20PM
1.07
9:05AM
1.18
9:27PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
0.46
1:41AM
0.39
2:29PM
0.55
2:24AM
0.51
3:31PM
0.63
3:25AM
0.62
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-------5:09-------5:09-------5:11
Sunset--7:19-------7:19-------7:19-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C252523222120202021222222222122253031292523232228
Feels °C (?)222322222220202021202121222223252930282524242227
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