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Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 18 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
18.9° C
 (Which is 4.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tidals today?

The current surf forecast for Tidals at 7PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.1m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (18 Jan)8ft (2.4m)9s
Evening (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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)
0
0
0
!
3
3
3
3
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
0.7
E
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)89101011111112121212121211111111116799147
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4888471125167576964557654147847841133633022918719851535011115026225719186
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
20
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
W
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
5
SW
0
NW
5
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53PM
1.51
4:19AM
1.50
4:23PM
1.55
4:48AM
1.57
4:52PM
1.57
5:18AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
0.28
10:06PM
0.13
10:18AM
0.22
10:35PM
0.07
10:49AM
0.18
11:03PM
0.04
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-------5:16-------5:18-------5:18
Sunset--7:17-------7:16-------7:16-----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------1-----
Temp. °C242423201816162023222221191716212421201919181620
Feels °C (?)181717171714141921202122191615192119191819191619
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