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Ballito

faces 123° ESE · KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · −29.530, 31.225

Times in SAST

Fair · best window 22:00–00:00
1.2 m
8 s period · E 95°
Crossed swells, 55° inside the swell window · sampled 25 km offshore
Wind
13 km/h
SW · crossSW 226° · cross
Tide
0.2 m
falling · L 00:00falling · low 00:00 (−0.6 m)
Energy
5 kJ
fair
Sky
22°
mainly clear · feels 22°mainly clear · feels 22° · water 22° · OISST 13 Oct, preliminary
Ensemble · 06Z3 of 3 models reporting · updated 13:47 UTC

Next 16 days

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  • swell · 10–14 s
  • wind swell · under 10 s
  • offshore
  • cross-off
  • cross
  • cross-on
  • onshore
  • glassy
  • band: the models' spread

Hourly detail

Thursday 8 October epicbest 00:00–08:00 · light 05:27–17:59

00 
epic
2.0 m10s SE1.5 + 1.2 + 0.6 mtide 0.3↑
cross-off 9 km/hgust12 km/h 19°
18 kJ
03 
epic
1.9 m10s ESE1.4 + 1.1 + 0.8 mtide 0.7↓
offshore 4 km/hgust4 km/h 18°
16 kJ
06 
epic
1.8 m10s ESE1.2 + 1.2 + 0.7 mtide −0.3↓
cross-off 9 km/hgust11 km/h 17°
14 kJ
09 
fair
1.8 m9s ESE1.4 + 1.1 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross 21 km/hgust24 km/h 22°
14 kJ
12 
poor
1.8 m9s ESE1.2 mtide0.3 ↑
cross-on 30 km/hgust31 km/h 24°
14 kJ
15 
poor
1.9 m9s ESE1.1 + 0.9 + 0.8 mtide 0.9↓
cross-on 26 km/hgust34 km/h 23°
16 kJ
18 
fair
2.0 m9s ESE1.0 + 0.8 + 0.8 mtide −0.1↓
cross-on 15 km/hgust26 km/h 22°
16 kJ
21 
epic
2.0 m9s ESE1.2 + 1.0 + 1.0 mtide −0.8↑
glassy 2 km/hgust12 km/h 21°
17 kJ

Friday 9 October fairbest 03:00–09:00 · light 05:25–17:59

00 
good
1.9 m9s ESE1.1 + 0.9 + 0.9 mtide 0.1↑
cross 11 km/hgust19 km/h 21°
14 kJ
03 
epic
1.8 m9s ESE1.3 + 1.0 + 0.7 mtide 0.8↓
cross 12 km/hgust19 km/h 22°
14 kJ
06 
epic
1.7 m9s ESE1.2 + 1.0 + 0.7 mtide −0.1↓
offshore 7 km/hgust8 km/h 21°
12 kJ
09 
good
1.7 m15s SSW1.1 + 1.0 + 0.6 mtide −0.9↑
cross-on 10 km/hgust9 km/h 25°
19 kJ
12 
fair
1.6 m15s SSW1.1 + 1.0 + 0.6 mtide 0.1↑
onshore 13 km/hgust11 km/h 25°
16 kJ
15 
fair
1.6 m14s SSW1.0 + 1.0 + 0.5 mtide 1.0↓
cross-on 23 km/hgust29 km/h 24°
16 kJ
18 
fair
1.7 m14s SSW1.0 + 0.9 mtide0.1 ↓
cross 25 km/hgust36 km/h 23°
18 kJ
21 
fair
1.8 m14s SSW1.0 + 0.9 mtide−0.9 ↑
cross 25 km/hgust37 km/h 22°
20 kJ

Saturday 10 October fairbest 19:00–24:00 · light 05:24–18:00

00 
fair
1.8 m14s SSW0.9 + 0.9 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 23 km/hgust34 km/h 22°
21 kJ
03 
fair
1.8 m14s SSW0.9 + 0.8 + 0.5 mtide 0.9↓
cross 24 km/hgust33 km/h 21°
21 kJ
06 
good
1.6 m14s SSW0.8 + 0.8 + 0.6 mtide 0.1↓
cross 15 km/hgust21 km/h 21°
15 kJ
09 
fair
1.4 m14s SSW0.9 + 0.8 + 0.6 mtide −0.9↑
cross-on 11 km/hgust9 km/h 23°
13 kJ
12 
fair
1.4 m14s SSW0.9 + 0.8 + 0.7 mtide −0.2↑
onshore 14 km/hgust13 km/h 23°
13 kJ
15 
fair
1.4 m14s SSW1.0 + 0.8 + 0.5 mtide 1.0↑
cross-on 16 km/hgust22 km/h 24°
13 kJ
18 
fair
1.5 m13s SSW1.0 + 1.0 mtide0.4 ↓
cross 13 km/hgust14 km/h 23°
13 kJ
21 
good
1.5 m13s SSW1.1 + 0.9 mtide−0.8 ↓
cross-on 7 km/hgust8 km/h 23°
13 kJ

Sunday 11 October poorbest 19:00–23:00 · light 05:23–18:00

00 
good
1.6 m13s SSW1.0 + 0.9 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross 16 km/hgust26 km/h 22°
15 kJ
03 
good
1.7 m12s SSW1.0 + 0.8 mtide0.8 ↑
cross 10 km/hgust16 km/h 21°
17 kJ
06 
good
1.7 m12s S0.9 + 0.8 mtide0.4 ↓
cross 10 km/hgust11 km/h 21°
16 kJ
09 
fair
1.8 m12s S0.8 + 0.8 mtide−0.9 ↓
cross 22 km/hgust26 km/h 26°
18 kJ
12 
poor
2.1 m6s ENE0.8 + 0.6 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-on 36 km/hgust46 km/h 27°
12 kJ
15 
poor
2.7 m7s ENE0.8 mtide0.9 ↑
cross-on 44 km/hgust65 km/h 26°
22 kJ
18 
poor
2.8 m8s ENE0.7 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 41 km/hgust65 km/h 26°
26 kJ
21 
epic
2.2 m8s ENE2.0 + 0.6 + 0.5 mtide −0.7↓
offshore 5 km/hgust18 km/h 24°
16 kJ

Monday 12 October goodbest 00:00–08:00 · light 05:22–18:00

00 
good
1.9 m7s E0.6 + 0.5 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross 15 km/hgust19 km/h 22°
12 kJ
03 
good
2.0 m7s ENE0.8 + 0.4 mtide0.7 ↑
cross 20 km/hgust25 km/h 21°
12 kJ
06 
good
2.0 m7s ENE0.7 mtide0.5 ↓
cross 19 km/hgust25 km/h 21°
13 kJ
09 
fair
2.0 m7s ENE0.7 mtide−0.7 ↓
cross 24 km/hgust26 km/h 25°
13 kJ
12 
poor
2.0 m7s ENE0.7 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-on 33 km/hgust42 km/h 26°
13 kJ
15 
poor
2.2 m7s ENE0.7 mtide0.7 ↑
cross-on 31 km/hgust44 km/h 25°
16 kJ
18 
fair
2.3 m7s ENE0.6 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 30 km/hgust48 km/h 23°
18 kJ
21 
good
2.2 m7s ENE0.5 mtide−0.6 ↓
cross 18 km/hgust26 km/h 22°
16 kJ

Tuesday 13 October poorbest 02:00–03:00 · light 05:21–18:01

00 
good
2.0 m7s E0.5 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross 15 km/hgust19 km/h 22°
13 kJ
03 
poor
1.8 m7s E1.7 mtide0.6 ↑
cross 43 km/hgust63 km/h 23°
11 kJ
06 
fair
1.8 m7s E1.4 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 28 km/hgust49 km/h 22°
10 kJ
09 
poor
2.0 m6s S1.1 mtide−0.5 ↓
cross 33 km/hgust41 km/h 23°
12 kJ
12 
poor
2.0 m7s S1.0 + 0.4 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross-on 32 km/hgust35 km/h 23°
14 kJ
15 
fair
1.6 m8s S0.9 + 0.4 mtide0.5 ↑
cross-on 24 km/hgust29 km/h 23°
9 kJ
18 
fair
1.6 m8s SE0.9 + 0.5 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 23 km/hgust35 km/h 22°
9 kJ
21 
fair
1.6 m10s ESE0.9 + 0.5 + 0.0 mtide −0.4↓
cross 21 km/hgust36 km/h 22°
11 kJ

Wednesday 14 October goodbest 00:00–10:00 · light 05:19–18:01

00 
good
1.5 m9s ESE1.0 + 0.5 + 0.0 mtide −0.7↑
cross 14 km/hgust25 km/h 22°
10 kJ
03 
good
1.3 m9s E1.0 + 0.8 + 0.5 mtide 0.4↑
cross-on 5 km/hgust5 km/h 21°
7 kJ
06 
good
1.3 m9s E1.0 + 0.6 + 0.5 mtide 0.7↓
offshore 3 km/hgust3 km/h 21°
7 kJ
09 
good
1.2 m9s E1.0 + 0.5 + 0.5 mtide −0.3↓
cross-on 6 km/hgust6 km/h 24°
6 kJ
12 
poor
1.2 m9s E1.0 + 0.5 + 0.4 mtide −0.7↑
onshore 18 km/hgust17 km/h 25°
6 kJ
15 
fair
1.2 m9s ESE1.0 + 0.6 + 0.3 mtide 0.3↑
cross-on 19 km/hgust24 km/h 25°
6 kJ
18 
good
1.2 m10s ESE1.0 + 0.7 mtide0.7 ↓
cross-off 12 km/hgust12 km/h 23° · 0.3 mm/h
6 kJ
21 
good
1.2 m9s ESE1.0 + 0.7 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross 8 km/hgust9 km/h 22°
7 kJ

Today 15 October fairbest 00:00–09:00 · light 05:18–18:02 23° 22°

00 
good
1.3 m9s ESE1.1 + 0.6 + 0.2 mtide −0.7↑
cross-off 9 km/hgust9 km/h 23°
7 kJ
03 
good
1.3 m9s ESE0.9 + 0.6 mtide0.2 ↑
cross 9 km/hgust10 km/h 22°
7 kJ
06 
good
1.3 m9s ESE1.1 + 0.6 mtide0.6 ↓
cross-off 4 km/hgust5 km/h 23°
6 kJ
09 
fair
1.2 m9s E1.1 + 0.6 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross-on 8 km/hgust7 km/h 28°
6 kJ
12 
poor
1.2 m8s E1.1 + 0.5 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-on 32 km/hgust40 km/h 26°
6 kJ
15 
poor
1.3 m8s E1.0 + 0.3 mtide0.1 ↑
cross 26 km/hgust32 km/h 24°
6 kJ
now 
fair
1.2 m8s E0.9 + 0.4 + 0.4 mtide 0.6↓
cross 17 km/hgust23 km/h 23°
5 kJ
21 
fair
1.2 m8s E0.9 + 0.6 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross 11 km/hgust14 km/h 22°
5 kJ

Friday 16 October fairbest 22:00–23:00 · light 05:17–18:03 26° 22°

00 
good
1.2 m13s SSW0.8 + 0.7 + 0.3 mtide −0.6↑
cross 7 km/hgust7 km/h 22°
8 kJ
03 
good
1.2 m13s SSW0.8 + 0.8 + 0.3 mtide 0.0↑
cross 12 km/hgust14 km/h 21°
8 kJ
06 
good
1.2 m16s SSW0.9 + 0.7 + 0.5 mtide 0.5↓
cross 13 km/hgust17 km/h 22°
11 kJ
09 
fair
1.3 m16s SSW0.9 mtide0.0 ↓
cross-on 16 km/hgust18 km/h 27°
12 kJ
12 
poor
1.4 m15s SSW1.0 + 0.6 + 0.1 mtide −0.5↑
cross-on 26 km/hgust35 km/h 28°
15 kJ
15 
fair
1.7 m15s SSW1.0 + 0.5 + 0.1 mtide 0.0↑
cross-on 21 km/hgust37 km/h 27°
20 kJ
18 
good
2.1 m7s ENE1.1 + 0.1 mtide0.4 ↓
cross 21 km/hgust38 km/h 25°
14 kJ
21 
good
2.1 m7s ENE1.0 + 0.1 mtide0.0 ↓
cross 16 km/hgust27 km/h 24°
15 kJ

Saturday 17 October goodbest 03:00–04:00 · light 05:16–18:04 23° 22°

00 
good
2.0 m7s ENE1.0 + 0.1 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross 14 km/hgust19 km/h 23°
13 kJ
03 
epic
1.9 m7s ENE0.9 + 0.1 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 12 km/hgust14 km/h 23°
11 kJ
06 
good
1.8 m7s ENE0.8 + 0.1 mtide0.4 ↓
cross 12 km/hgust14 km/h 24°
11 kJ
09 
poor
1.7 m7s ENE1.5 mtide0.1 ↓
cross 38 km/hgust47 km/h 24°
10 kJ
12 
poor
1.7 m7s ENE1.3 + 0.7 mtide−0.3 ↓
cross 32 km/hgust40 km/h 25°
10 kJ
15 
poor
1.7 m8s E1.1 + 0.7 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 29 km/hgust37 km/h 24°
10 kJ
18 
poor
1.7 m7s E1.0 + 0.6 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 30 km/hgust41 km/h 22°
10 kJ
21 
fair
1.8 m7s SSE0.9 mtide0.1 ↓
cross 32 km/hgust46 km/h 22°
10 kJ

Sunday 18 October goodbest 05:00–07:00 · light 05:15–18:04 22° 22°

00 
fair
1.8 m7s S0.8 + 0.5 mtide−0.3 ↓
cross 25 km/hgust42 km/h 21°
11 kJ
03 
good
1.8 m8s S0.8 + 0.5 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 18 km/hgust32 km/h 20°
11 kJ
06 
epic
1.7 m8s S1.4 + 0.8 + 0.5 mtide 0.2↑
cross-off 7 km/hgust11 km/h 20°
10 kJ
09 
good
1.5 m8s S1.2 + 0.7 + 0.6 mtide 0.1↓
onshore 7 km/hgust5 km/h 22°
8 kJ
12 
poor
1.5 m8s S1.1 + 0.7 + 0.6 mtide −0.1↓
cross-on 19 km/hgust18 km/h 23°
7 kJ
15 
poor
1.5 m12s SSW1.0 + 0.8 + 0.5 mtide −0.1↑
onshore 17 km/hgust17 km/h 23°
11 kJ
18 
good
1.5 m12s SSW0.9 + 0.8 + 0.8 mtide 0.1↑
cross-on 9 km/hgust10 km/h 22°
11 kJ
21 
good
1.5 m13s SSW0.9 + 0.8 + 0.8 mtide 0.1↓
cross-off 9 km/hgust14 km/h 22°
13 kJ

Monday 19 October poorbest 00:00–07:00 · light 05:15–18:05 19° 22°

00 
good
1.4 m12s SSW1.0 + 0.8 + 0.7 mtide −0.1↓
cross 10 km/hgust10 km/h 21°
12 kJ
03 
good
1.4 m12s SSW1.0 + 0.8 + 0.6 mtide −0.1↑
offshore 4 km/hgust4 km/h 21°
11 kJ
06 
good
1.4 m13s SSW1.0 + 0.8 + 0.6 mtide 0.0↑
cross-off 7 km/hgust8 km/h 20°
11 kJ
09 
poor
2.0 m13s SSW0.9 mtide0.1 ↑
cross 46 km/hgust48 km/h 22°
24 kJ
12 
poor
3.4 m8s SSW0.9 mtide0.1 ↓
cross 55 km/hgust68 km/h 21°
40 kJ
15 
poor
4.3 m10s SSW0.7 mtide0.0 ↓
cross 53 km/hgust71 km/h 20°
80 kJ
18 
poor
4.5 m11s SSW0.6 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 44 km/hgust65 km/h 19°
100 kJ
21 
poor
4.4 m12s SSW0.5 mtide0.0 ↑
cross 40 km/hgust55 km/h 19°
99 kJ

Tuesday 20 October poorbest 06:00–09:00 · light 05:14–18:06 18° 22°

00 
poor
3.8 m12s SSW0.5 mtide0.1 ↓
cross 31 km/hgust43 km/h 18°
77 kJ
03 
fair
3.4 m12s SSW0.4 mtide0.0 ↓
cross 25 km/hgust34 km/h 18°
62 kJ
06 
good
3.1 m12s SSW3.1 + 0.4 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross 21 km/hgust30 km/h 17°
51 kJ
08 
good
2.9 m11s S2.9 + 0.4 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 14 km/hgust15 km/h 18°
42 kJ
11 
fair
2.6 m11s S2.6 + 0.4 mtide0.2 ↑
onshore 17 km/hgust14 km/h 19°
33 kJ
14 
fair
2.4 m11s S2.3 + 0.8 + 0.4 mtide 0.2↓
cross-on 27 km/hgust29 km/h 20°
29 kJ
17 
poor
2.3 m10s S2.0 + 0.8 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross-on 32 km/hgust37 km/h 20°
25 kJ
20 
fair
2.2 m10s S2.0 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross 36 km/hgust52 km/h 19°
22 kJ
23 
fair
2.1 m10s SSE1.9 + 0.2 mtide0.1 ↑
cross 31 km/hgust46 km/h 18°
21 kJ

Wednesday 21 October epicbest 02:00–11:00 · light 05:12–18:07 16° 22°

02 
epic
2.1 m10s SSE1.7 mtide0.2 ↓
cross-off 10 km/hgust14 km/h 16°
20 kJ
05 
epic
1.9 m10s SE1.6 + 1.0 mtide−0.2 ↓
offshore 8 km/hgust8 km/h 15°
17 kJ
08 
epic
1.8 m10s SE1.5 + 0.9 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross 8 km/hgust9 km/h 21°
14 kJ
11 
fair
1.4 m9s SSE1.5 + 0.8 mtide0.2 ↑
cross-on 15 km/hgust12 km/h 24°
9 kJ
14 
fair
1.3 m9s SSE1.4 + 0.7 mtide0.4 ↓
cross-on 17 km/hgust22 km/h 24°
8 kJ
17 
fair
1.3 m9s SE1.3 + 0.6 + 0.2 mtide −0.1↓
cross 24 km/hgust34 km/h 23°
7 kJ
20 
good
1.3 m9s SE1.3 + 0.5 + 0.3 mtide −0.4↑
cross-off 15 km/hgust23 km/h 20°
7 kJ
23 
good
1.2 m9s SE1.2 + 0.5 + 0.4 mtide 0.1↑
cross-off 8 km/hgust9 km/h 19°
6 kJ

Thursday 22 October goodbest 17:00–24:00 · light 05:11–18:07 23° 22°

02 
good
1.2 m9s SE1.2 + 0.4 + 0.4 mtide 0.4↓
offshore 5 km/hgust5 km/h 18°
6 kJ
05 
good
1.2 m10s SE1.2 + 0.4 + 0.4 mtide −0.1↓
offshore 7 km/hgust6 km/h 17°
6 kJ
08 
fair
1.2 m10s SE0.9 + 0.6 + 0.6 mtide −0.5↑
cross 11 km/hgust15 km/h 22°
6 kJ
11 
poor
1.4 m10s SSE1.0 + 0.9 + 0.4 mtide 0.1↑
cross-on 20 km/hgust17 km/h 23°
9 kJ
14 
fair
1.5 m13s SSW1.2 + 0.8 + 0.3 mtide 0.6↓
onshore 14 km/hgust13 km/h 24°
13 kJ
17 
good
1.5 m12s SSW1.3 + 0.7 + 0.4 mtide 0.0↓
onshore 7 km/hgust8 km/h 23°
13 kJ
20 
good
1.4 m12s SSW1.2 + 0.6 + 0.4 mtide −0.6↑
cross 18 km/hgust30 km/h 20°
11 kJ
23 
good
1.4 m12s SSW1.1 + 0.6 + 0.4 mtide 0.0↑
cross-off 14 km/hgust26 km/h 20°
11 kJ

Friday 23 October poorbest 05:00–08:00 · light 05:10–18:08 20° 22°

02 
fair
1.4 m12s SSW1.0 + 0.5 + 0.3 mtide 0.6↓
cross 17 km/hgust31 km/h 20°
11 kJ
05 
good
1.5 m12s SSW0.9 + 0.5 + 0.3 mtide 0.0↓
cross-off 15 km/hgust26 km/h 19°
12 kJ
08 
fair
1.6 m11s SSW0.8 + 0.4 + 0.3 mtide −0.6↑
cross 23 km/hgust32 km/h 22°
13 kJ
11 
poor
1.7 m11s SSW0.7 + 0.4 + 0.3 mtide 0.0↑
cross-on 30 km/hgust39 km/h 20° · 0.3 mm/h
14 kJ
14 
fair
1.6 m11s SSW0.7 + 0.4 + 0.3 mtide 0.8↓
cross 23 km/hgust30 km/h 20° · 0.7 mm/h
13 kJ
17 
poor
1.6 m11s SSW0.7 + 0.3 + 0.3 mtide 0.1↓
cross-on 21 km/hgust26 km/h 20°
13 kJ
20 
fair
1.6 m7s S0.7 + 0.3 + 0.3 mtide −0.7↑
onshore 16 km/hgust22 km/h 20° · 0.2 mm/h
9 kJ
23 
fair
1.6 m7s S1.4 + 0.7 + 0.3 mtide −0.2↑
cross-on 13 km/hgust18 km/h 19° · 0.3 mm/h
8 kJ

Saturday 24 October fairbest 05:00–08:00 · light 05:09–18:09 21° 22°

02 
fair
1.6 m11s S1.5 + 0.3 + 0.3 mtide 0.7↓
cross 15 km/hgust21 km/h 19°
12 kJ
05 
good
1.6 m10s S1.5 + 0.2 + 0.2 mtide 0.2↓
cross 17 km/hgust27 km/h 19°
12 kJ
08 
fair
1.6 m10s S1.4 + 0.3 + 0.2 mtide −0.7↑
cross 27 km/hgust34 km/h 21°
12 kJ
11 
poor
1.8 m11s S1.3 + 0.4 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross-on 34 km/hgust38 km/h 23°
15 kJ
14 
poor
2.2 m6s E1.2 + 0.3 mtide0.8 ↓
cross-on 49 km/hgust52 km/h 23°
12 kJ
17 
poor
2.5 m6s E1.0 + 0.3 mtide0.4 ↓
cross-on 45 km/hgust58 km/h 22°
17 kJ
20 
fair
2.4 m7s E0.9 + 0.5 + 0.3 mtide −0.8↑
cross 32 km/hgust47 km/h 21°
17 kJ
23 
good
2.1 m7s E0.8 + 0.5 + 0.3 mtide −0.4↑
cross 18 km/hgust22 km/h 19°
13 kJ

Sunday 25 October epicbest 02:00–05:00 · light 05:08–18:10

02 
epic
1.8 m7s E1.5 + 0.6 + 0.5 mtide 0.7↓
cross-off 4 km/hgust5 km/h 18°
10 kJ
05 
good
1.6 m7s E1.3 + 0.6 + 0.5 mtide 0.4↓
cross-off 10 km/hgust12 km/h 18°
8 kJ
08 
poor
1.5 m7s E1.1 + 0.6 + 0.5 mtide −0.8↑
cross 31 km/hgust41 km/h 23°
7 kJ
11 
poor
1.5 m7s E1.0 + 0.7 + 0.3 mtide −0.4↑
cross 31 km/hgust – –
7 kJ
14 
poor
1.5 m9s SE0.9 + 0.3 mtide0.8 ↓
cross-on 35 km/hgust – –
9 kJ
17 
poor
1.4 m9s SE0.9 + 0.6 + 0.3 mtide 0.6↓
cross 23 km/hgust ——
7 kJ
20 
poor
1.3 m9s SE0.8 + 0.6 + 0.3 mtide −0.7↑
cross 26 km/hgust ——
7 kJ
23 
fair
1.3 m8s SE0.8 + 0.6 + 0.3 mtide −0.6↑
cross 25 km/hgust ——
6 kJ

Monday 26 October poorbest 02:00–05:00 · light 05:07–18:10

02 
fair
1.2 m8s SE0.8 + 0.5 + 0.3 mtide 0.6↓
cross 26 km/hgust ——
6 kJ
05 
poor
1.3 m8s SE0.8 + 0.5 + 0.3 mtide 0.6↓
cross 28 km/hgust ——
6 kJ
08 
poor
1.4 m7s ESE0.7 + 0.4 + 0.3 mtide −0.7↑
cross 31 km/hgust ——
6 kJ
11 
poor
1.5 m6s S0.7 + 0.3 + 0.2 mtide −0.7↑
cross-on 34 km/hgust — —
6 kJ
14 
poor
1.6 m6s S0.6 + 0.2 + 0.2 mtide 0.7↑
cross-on 30 km/hgust — —
7 kJ
17 
poor
1.6 m6s S0.6 + 0.3 + 0.2 mtide 0.8↓
cross-on 35 km/hgust — —
7 kJ
20 
poor
1.6 m6s SSE0.6 + 0.3 + 0.2 mtide −0.6↓
cross-on 27 km/hgust — —
8 kJ
23 
fair
1.5 m7s SSE0.6 + 0.4 + 0.2 mtide −0.8↑
cross 23 km/hgust ——
7 kJ

Tuesday 27 October fairbest 17:00–23:00 · light 05:06–18:11

02 
poor
1.5 m7s SSE0.6 + 0.5 + 0.2 mtide 0.5↑
cross-on 26 km/hgust — —
7 kJ
05 
poor
1.6 m7s SSE0.6 + 0.5 + 0.2 mtide 0.8↓
cross-on 22 km/hgust — —
8 kJ
08 
poor
1.7 m7s SSE0.6 + 0.5 + 0.2 mtide −0.5↓
onshore 24 km/hgust — —
10 kJ
11 
poor
1.8 m7s SSE0.5 + 0.4 + 0.1 mtide −0.9↑
cross-on 26 km/hgust — —
12 kJ
14 
fair
1.9 m8s SSE1.8 + 0.5 + 0.4 mtide 0.5↑
cross-on 16 km/hgust — —
12 kJ
17 
good
1.8 m8s SSE1.3 + 0.9 + 0.5 mtide 1.0↓
onshore 10 km/hgust — —
11 kJ
20 
good
1.7 m8s SSE1.3 + 0.9 + 0.4 mtide −0.3↓
cross-on 11 km/hgust — —
10 kJ
23 
fair
1.7 m8s SSE1.4 + 0.8 + 0.4 mtide −0.9↑
cross-on 17 km/hgust — —
10 kJ

Wednesday 28 October poorbest 02:00–05:00 · light 05:05–18:12

02 
good
1.6 m8s SSE1.4 + 0.8 + 0.4 mtide 0.2↑
cross 21 km/hgust ——
10 kJ
05 
fair
1.6 m8s SSE1.6 mtide0.9 ↓
cross 28 km/hgust ——
10 kJ
08 
poor
1.7 m8s SSE1.3 + 0.8 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross 39 km/hgust ——
10 kJ
11 
poor
1.8 m8s SSE1.1 + 0.7 mtide−0.9 ↑
cross 49 km/hgust ——
12 kJ
14 
poor
2.0 m6s E1.0 mtide0.2 ↑
cross 51 km/hgust ——
10 kJ
17 
poor
2.4 m6s E0.9 mtide1.0 ↓
cross 58 km/hgust ——
16 kJ
20 
poor
2.5 m7s ENE0.8 mtide0.0 ↓
cross 55 km/hgust ——
19 kJ
23 
poor
2.3 m7s ENE0.8 mtide−0.9 ↑
cross 51 km/hgust ——
16 kJ

Thursday 29 October fairbest 05:00–14:00 · light 05:04–18:13

02 
fair
2.1 m7s ENE0.7 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 39 km/hgust ——
14 kJ
05 
good
1.8 m7s ENE1.7 + 0.7 mtide0.8 ↓
cross 25 km/hgust ——
11 kJ
08 
good
1.6 m7s ENE1.5 + 0.6 + 0.1 mtide 0.1↓
cross 15 km/hgust ——
9 kJ
11 
good
1.5 m7s ENE1.4 + 0.6 mtide−0.9 ↑
cross 12 km/hgust ——
7 kJ
14 
fair
1.4 m7s E1.2 + 0.6 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 11 km/hgust ——
6 kJ
17 
fair
1.5 m7s E0.6 + 0.1 mtide0.8 ↓
cross 27 km/hgust ——
7 kJ
20 
fair
1.8 m7s ENE0.5 + 0.1 mtide0.2 ↓
cross 30 km/hgust ——
11 kJ
23 
fair
1.8 m7s ENE0.5 + 0.2 mtide−0.8 ↑
cross 32 km/hgust ——
11 kJ

Friday 30 October poorbest 02:00–24:00 · light 05:04–18:14

02 
poor
1.6 m7s ENE1.5 + 0.3 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross 48 km/hgust ——
8 kJ
05 
poor
2.0 m8s ENE1.2 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 51 km/hgust ——
13 kJ
08 
poor
2.3 m7s S1.0 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 47 km/hgust ——
17 kJ
11 
poor
2.6 m8s S0.8 + 0.0 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross 44 km/hgust ——
24 kJ
14 
poor
2.8 m9s SSW0.7 + 0.1 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-on 45 km/hgust — —
33 kJ
17 
poor
3.1 m10s SSW0.6 + 0.1 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 40 km/hgust ——
43 kJ
20 
poor
3.2 m11s SSW0.6 + 0.1 mtide0.4 ↓
cross 41 km/hgust ——
51 kJ
23 
poor
3.2 m12s SSW0.5 + 0.1 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross 39 km/hgust ——
55 kJ

Wind read from the nearest model point, up to 25 km — that is not the wind at the beach.

Swell read from the nearest model point, up to 25 km. Swell travels, so it still holds here.

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Tide

EOT20 prediction
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now 0.2 m ↓H 05:30 · 0.7L 11:30 · −0.6H 17:30 · 0.6

Heights vs mean sea level

Optimal: any.

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40°200°Ballito

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  • 0.6 m · 13 s · SSW 199°secondary

Crossed — 114° between the two swells. Window NE–SSW, 40°–200°.

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Faces
123° ESE
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Optimal tide
any
Level
—
Coordinates
−29.5297, 31.2247

Model agreement

Medium

NOAA GFS-Wave1.2 m

ECMWF IFS-WAM1.3 m

DWD GWAM0.9 m

No buoy within 25 km, so agreement can’t be scored here.

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