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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 26 Feb 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
20.2° C
(Which is 4.0°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 12PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 26). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.5
SSW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
ENE
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)712118888799915121211111111111212121112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)86907846465051204525253776474564183173294434515415416126241026
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
W
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SE
15
E
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
W
15
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
1.07
1:05AM
1.07
1:30PM
1.20
2:07AM
1.27
2:21PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43PM
0.59
7:16AM
0.57
7:54PM
0.43
8:16AM
0.40
8:36PM
0.26
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise-5:52-------5:54-------5:54------
Sunset----6:46-------6:45-------6:44---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----121----------------
Temp. °C192225242422201919202323222221201922262524222121
Feels °C (?)192325232422181818192323212221212023262423222020
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