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Salad Bowls surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 29 Apr 2025 SAST
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Salad Bowls surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salad Bowls sea temperature is
18.9° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Salad Bowls today?

The current surf forecast for Salad Bowls at 4PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 29). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Afternoon (29 Apr)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (29 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s

Table - waves today at Salad Bowls. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
WSW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)1615141312121212121212121212881111111111111111111011111111111111111111111111111111101010101014131212111111121312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)37642911391228120711121298161719661632214625802943277780363823303700384236843542340530912983344938454256381436843405320624252090168915681336129211211008808763511426338286227227285392546570553506530558529496464464464
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
40
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
30
W
45
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
WNW
45
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
0
SE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
20
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:46PM
1.64
5:01AM
1.72
5:27PM
1.55
5:43AM
1.56
6:11PM
1.43
6:27AM
1.37
7:03PM
1.29
7:21AM
1.20
8:16PM
1.17
8:45AM
1.06
10:07PM
1.13
10:47AM
1.02
11:43PM
1.20
12:11PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
-0.04
10:48PM
0.07
11:17AM
0.07
11:30PM
0.19
11:58AM
0.21
12:16AM
0.35
12:43PM
0.36
1:12AM
0.51
1:41PM
0.50
2:37AM
0.64
3:10PM
0.60
4:46AM
0.67
5:00PM
0.60
6:17AM
0.59
6:13PM
0.54
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset--5:40-------5:39-------5:38-------5:37-------5:37-------5:36-------5:35-------5:35-
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Rain (mm)
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