Yellowsands Beach surf break

Yellowsands Beach surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 26 Aug 2025 SAST
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Yellowsands Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Yellowsands Beach sea temperature is
17.6° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Yellowsands Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Yellowsands Beach at 2AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (27 Aug)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (27 Aug)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111111010101010101010101017161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)931747678606688496462403390367311307303291251221180181170214279302337457
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
SE
15
SSE
10
S
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
E
15
SE
5
SE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrossoffoffoffglassglassoncross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:29PM
1.64
5:35AM
1.48
5:53PM
1.56
6:00AM
1.40
6:17PM
1.46
6:24AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:35PM
0.16
11:37AM
0.13
12:00AM
0.23
12:02PM
0.22
12:26AM
0.32
12:26PM
0.33
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:30-------6:28--
Sunset5:45-------5:45-------5:46-------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------1-----
Temp. °C171615141315202119181716161620201918181718192121
Feels °C (?)141413121214202019191716171720192020201820212321
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent on-shore wind 143 km from Yellowsands Beach has fallen light (calm at West Bank wx). Waves cleaning up. 2.2m 12s groundswell from the S with a 1.1m 5s windswell from the ENE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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