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Wilderness Beach

Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Wilderness Beach 5 photos

  • Cape Batis (Batis capensis) male ...

    Cape Batis (Batis capensis) male .... Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Wilderness paraglide 02

    Wilderness paraglide 02. Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Wilderness paraglide 01

    Wilderness paraglide 01. Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Wilderness, Western Cape

    Wilderness, Western Cape. warrenski from Cape Town, South Africa, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Aliteus caffer, crop

    Aliteus caffer, crop. Christiaan Viljoen, CC BY 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 6:49 pm
6 am
5.7
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
7 am
5.7
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
8 am
6.1
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
Now
6.4
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
10 am
4.9
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
11 am
5.0
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
5.1
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.6
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.6
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
4.8
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
4.7
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
4.8
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
4.9
7 km/h5 mph wind, Fair

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Wilderness Beach.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
18°C65°F
Water
17°C63°F
Wind
42 km/hmph SE
Gusts
159 km/hmph
Waves
2.6 m8 ft
UV
4 moderate
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:49 pm
Today
5.7Good6 am64
5.7Good7 am53
6.1Good8 am21
6.4GoodNow42
4.9Fair10 am85
5.0Fair11 am138
5.1Fair12 pm138
4.6Fair1 pm159
4.6Fair2 pm149
4.8Fair3 pm138
4.7Fair4 pm127
4.8Fair5 pm106
4.9Fair6 pm75
Sat
4.2Fair6 am53
4.6Fair7 am53
5.0Fair8 am64
5.1Fair9 am64
5.2Fair10 am85
5.5Good11 am117
7.9Great12 pm106
7.6Great1 pm85
7.6Great2 pm95
7.2Great3 pm96
7.1Great4 pm75
7.3Great5 pm74
7.4Great6 pm32
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 1 pm, 0.5 m. Low at 8 pm, -1.1 m. High at 2 am, 0.4 m. Low at 8 am, -1.1 mHigh 1 pm, 0.5 m2 ftLow 8 pm, -1.1 m4 ftHigh 2 am, 0.4 m1 ftLow 8 am, -1.1 m3 ftNow3 pm9 pm3 am9 am
  • High 1 pm, 0.5 m2 ft
  • Low 8 pm, -1.1 m4 ft
  • High 2 am, 0.4 m1 ft
  • Low 8 am, -1.1 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.

  • Sun5.8 GoodBest 10 am to 4 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 6%
  • Mon6.4 GoodBest 8 am to 10 amWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 49%
  • Tue7.3 GreatBest 9 am to 1 pmWind up to 20 km/h13 mph, rain 25%
  • Wed8.2 GreatBest 9 am to 5 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 6%
  • Thu7.4 GreatBest 6 am to 7 pmWind up to 9 km/h5 mph, rain 6%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 130 m420 ft. Listed as free

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
320 m0.2 miIntercape
Nearest town
3.3 km2.1 miWilderness (village)
Nearest airport
22 km14 miGeorge Airport (GRJ)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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