Surf Forecast Surf Report

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 02 May 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
18.8° C
(Which is 4.0°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 8PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (02 May)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (02 May)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)101111111111111212121211111111111111111111101010101212121211111111111110111014141413131414141313141414141616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)17479701568195339013865389945122069173115571214951843688526459396198194150139136133104114167203268250241202198165137132102853944524214825477241033120812831121129015851261117218092164225520551818179315811329
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
35
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
E
5
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
15
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
SW
5
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
1.26
7:14AM
1.18
8:07PM
1.14
8:30AM
1.03
10:00PM
1.08
10:39AM
0.98
11:46PM
1.14
12:13PM
1.05
12:45AM
1.25
1:05PM
1.14
1:24AM
1.35
1:43PM
1.23
1:56AM
1.43
2:15PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:38PM
0.34
1:03AM
0.48
1:32PM
0.48
2:19AM
0.63
2:56PM
0.59
4:34AM
0.69
4:55PM
0.60
6:19AM
0.61
6:15PM
0.53
7:11AM
0.50
7:03PM
0.45
7:45AM
0.40
7:39PM
0.38
8:13AM
0.30
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------6:45----
Sunset--5:27-------5:25-------5:25-------5:24-------5:23-------5:22-------5:22-------5:21-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182018151415141416161615141313131821181615151516242822201919181821212018171616172121201817161617171718181817151624322720
Feels °C (?)1213118788912131414121111111518151413131213222622191817151620202119171515162019181816151618181617171816141523312616
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