Surf Forecast Surf Report

Barbel Point surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 29 Mar 2025 SAST
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Barbel Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Barbel Point sea temperature is
22.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Barbel Point today?

The current surf forecast for Barbel Point at 12PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 29). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (29 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.6
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
S
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
Period(s) (?)12117778877888888888881817161616161515141414141414131313131413131313131312121212127788887788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)757157112911771641048913314918214914111311389891381242074394585875807115921860561476476469530710863109310771042133316541605152114911240977742634522444355636688645601617496340286593620
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
S
10
S
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
5
W
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
WNW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
S
5
W
5
NW
0
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
20
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
3:55PM
1.71
4:12AM
1.92
4:29PM
1.71
4:47AM
1.89
5:04PM
1.67
5:22AM
1.79
5:39PM
1.57
5:57AM
1.63
6:15PM
1.43
6:34AM
1.43
6:56PM
1.26
7:16AM
1.22
7:52PM
1.09
8:27AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:51AM
-0.09
9:56PM
-0.12
10:26AM
-0.13
10:31PM
-0.12
11:00AM
-0.09
11:05PM
-0.06
11:34AM
0.01
11:41PM
0.07
12:09PM
0.16
12:18AM
0.23
12:46PM
0.33
1:00AM
0.43
1:32PM
0.51
2:01AM
0.63
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunrise-6:15-------6:16-------6:16-------6:16-------6:18-------6:18-------6:18-------6:20--
Sunset----6:06-------6:05-------6:04-------6:01-------6:00-------6:00-------5:58-------
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Rain (mm)
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