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Swell: 1.3 m @ 10 s (ESE)

Wave height: 1.9 m

Wind: 9 km/h N Cross-shore

Sea temp: 20.5 °C

Best window today: 07:00–09:00 (lightest wind)

☀️ Sun & skin — out on the water all day

Sunrise 06:41 · Sunset 17:34 · Peak UV 5

Surfers & anglers get the highest UV dose of anyone. Recommended: SPF 30+, reapply every 2 hours and after every session.

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Surf/wave: Open-Meteo Marine. Sun/UV: Open-Meteo. Solunar is an approximate guide. Generated Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:51 SAST.

About Mdumbi — Surf Local Knowledge

Mdumbi lies on the Wild Coast between Coffee Bay and Port St Johns, a deeply rural stretch of rolling hills, river valleys and empty beaches reached by dirt road. There is little here but a backpackers, a scattering of homesteads and one of the finest waves in the country, which is exactly the appeal for those who make the trip.

Mdumbi Point is a world-class right-hand point break, widely rated among South Africa's best; when the sandbanks are right it can run close to a kilometre. It needs a good south to south-west groundswell and a west to north-west offshore, and it handles size well, making it an intermediate-to-advanced wave with a long, fast wall. Even at its best it stays uncrowded. As with all the Wild Coast, there are no lifeguards, and rips, rocks and sharks demand respect and self-reliance.