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Tidals surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 14 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
17.5° 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 1AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)678899915141381110998887710101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146215235273292320288242281249475898625445347239214226193177177181181146
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
5
ENE
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
E
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
1.10
2:10PM
1.25
2:44AM
1.21
2:49PM
1.35
3:17AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:52PM
0.52
7:55AM
0.55
8:33PM
0.41
8:39AM
0.45
9:07PM
0.30
9:14AM
0.35
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----5:13-------5:15-------5:15--
Sunset7:19-------7:19-------7:17-------
cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---11---111--111--------
Temp. °C302525232323262522212221212121212121212121222424
Feels °C (?)312927222121232321202221212121212122222322232523
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