Orient Beach
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
No photo of Orient Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Calmest: 7 am to 10 am, sunset 6:27 pm5.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
5.9
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
5.6
23 km/h15 mph wind, Good
5.8
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good
4.1
25 km/h15 mph wind, Fair
5.3
21 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
4.3
23 km/h14 mph wind, Fair
3.9
22 km/h14 mph wind, Poor
4.1
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
4.8
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
4.5
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
4.5
12 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
4.7
12 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Where to stay near the beach
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 17°C63°F
- Water
- 19°C66°F
- Wind
- 2012 km/hmph W
- Gusts
- 4025 km/hmph
- Waves
- 2.4 m8 ft
- UV
- 1 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:27 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 1 pm, 0.6 m2 ft
- Low 8 pm, -0.8 m3 ft
- High 2 am, 0.4 m1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun6.6 GoodBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 37%
- Mon4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 76%
- Tue5.9 GoodBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 81%
- Wed5.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 14%
- Thu7.8 GreatBest 6 am to 7 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 4%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
Facilities
- Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 270 m890 ft. Fee not listed
- Food and drink8 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Picnic tables100 m330 ft away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 1.6 km1 miKuGompo City (city)
- Nearest airport
- 61 km38 miBhisho Airport (BIY)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Eastern Beach2.2 km1.3 mi north-east away5.7 Good
- Shelly Beach4.0 km2.5 mi south-west away5.4 Fair
- Paradise Naturist Beach4.0 km2.5 mi north-east away5.9 Good
- Gonubie Beach15 km9.2 mi north-east away5.7 Good
- Igoda Mouth16 km9.9 mi south-west away5.3 Fair