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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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
18.2° C
(Which is 3.3°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 11AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (18 Nov)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (18 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
2
3
1
1
3
5
5
6
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
2
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)9998666101081010149981313121220191716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)96967368169151145666511767864151108636346512517498910277548125026
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
5
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:38PM
1.52
3:00AM
1.41
3:07PM
1.54
3:28AM
1.44
3:35PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
0.28
8:53PM
0.18
8:55AM
0.24
9:20PM
0.15
9:25AM
0.22
9:48PM
0.14
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
Sunrise4:56-------4:56-------4:54-------
Sunset----6:47-------6:49-------6:50---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------11111-------------
Temp. °C141923232319181717192021201816151520232322181716
Feels °C (?)121721212118191616181819181816151519202121181715
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