Yellow Sands
Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
No photo of Yellow Sands yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 6:26 pm5.8
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
5.7
17 km/h11 mph wind, Good
6.2
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
6.4
22 km/h13 mph wind, Good
4.2
23 km/h14 mph wind, Fair
4.8
20 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
5.2
21 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
4.0
22 km/h14 mph wind, Fair
4.1
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
4.8
15 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
4.4
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
4.4
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
5.0
11 km/h7 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
- 20°C68°F
- Water
- 20°C69°F
- Wind
- 2213 km/hmph WSW
- Gusts
- 4528 km/hmph
- Waves
- 2.8 m9 ft
- UV
- 5 moderate
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:26 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 2 pm, 0.6 m2 ft
- Low 8 pm, -0.8 m3 ft
- High 2 am, 0.4 m1 ft
- Low 8 am, -0.9 m3 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.
- Sun6.5 GoodBest 7 am to 9 amWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 37%
- Mon4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 76%
- Tue5.9 GoodBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 17 km/h10 mph, rain 81%
- Wed5.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 14%
- Thu8.0 GreatBest 6 am to 7 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 4%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
Facilities
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 7 km4.3 miGonubie (town)
- Nearest airport
- 74 km46 miBhisho Airport (BIY)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Gonubie Beach5.0 km3.1 mi south-west away5.7 Good
- Bosbokstrand15 km9.2 mi north-east away5.8 Good
- Paradise Naturist Beach16 km9.8 mi south-west away5.9 Good
- Eastern Beach18 km11 mi south-west away5.7 Good
- Orient Beach20 km12 mi south-west away5.7 Good