Yellowsands Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 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
21.4° C
(Which is 2.4°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 2PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
2.1
E
Period(s) (?)101012121211111111611711131514141414141414148
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302190199284179148143140971411281862211661212966939912899674684580529517
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:46PM
1.53
6:05AM
1.61
6:22PM
1.40
6:43AM
1.43
7:04PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
0.05
11:48PM
0.09
12:18PM
0.18
12:25AM
0.24
12:57PM
0.35
1:09AM
0.43
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise-6:11-------6:11-------6:13------
Sunset----6:15-------6:15-------6:14---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1-11------------
Temp. °C192227282724222120222121222121202121232524222221
Feels °C (?)192126262826251918212020222121192019212221192019
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