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Yellow sands Point surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 SAST
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Yellow sands Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Yellow sands Point sea temperature is
18.9° C
 (Which is 4.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Yellow sands Point today?

The current surf forecast for Yellow sands Point at 7AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 3.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (07 Jan)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Yellow sands Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
0
0
4
4
4
5
5
3
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
2.5
SSW
0.6
E
0.5
E
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.1
S
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1011991213131414131312121212111011111114131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8411493604149885364533050083917306824341761131011008578142425825155342313246022391789
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
10
S
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
E
25
ENE
10
NE
5
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.57
6:23PM
1.41
6:56AM
1.49
6:59PM
1.30
7:34AM
1.39
7:36PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
0.09
12:24PM
0.26
12:31AM
0.17
1:03PM
0.36
1:05AM
0.27
1:43PM
0.46
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---5:07-------5:07-------5:07----
Sunset------7:19-------7:19-------7:19-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222232524232120192023282727232221202326252422
Feels °C (?)222119181918192020181820262526252520172022222222
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