Yellowsands Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 26 Oct 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.0° C
(Which is 2.6°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 5PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Oct)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (26 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (26 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
3
3
3
4
2
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
2.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.5
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)7713131212121212121213141414141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1807913756468981612312692652263447241592188617811482117311901019880823713613604
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SW
10
W
5
NW
5
W
5
NNW
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:38PM
1.34
6:02AM
1.22
6:10PM
1.23
6:44AM
1.12
6:54PM
1.12
8:00AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:30AM
0.36
11:54PM
0.36
12:02PM
0.47
12:32AM
0.47
12:45PM
0.60
1:30AM
0.57
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Sunrise-------5:13-------5:13-------5:11
Sunset--6:28-------6:29-------6:30-----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-123333-----------------
Temp. °C171615151515141519191818171616192120201919171620
Feels °C (?)141314151614121316171616151515191918191919171620
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