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Tidals Surf Forecast
/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /
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Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Tidals today?
The current surf forecast for Tidals at 8PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Dec) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (04 Dec) | 5ft (1.6m) | 10s |
| Evening (04 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Tidals. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 637 | 553 | 486 | 477 | 416 | 352 | 294 | 242 | 237 | 540 | 188 | 149 | 255 | 201 | 196 | 136 | 110 | 255 | 61 | 49 | 43 | 40 | 99 | 92 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:06PM 1.70 | 3:34AM 1.55 | 3:50PM 1.69 | 4:18AM 1.57 | 4:33PM 1.64 | 5:02AM 1.56 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:49AM 0.12 | 9:24PM 0.02 | 9:35AM 0.09 | 10:06PM 0.02 | 10:20AM 0.10 | 10:48PM 0.05 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - |
| Sunset | - | - | 7:02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:04 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
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