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White Clay in Wild Coast is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the west northwest. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the best swell direction is from the east. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Watch out for sharks.

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Overall White Clay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see White Clay surf quality by season and White Clay surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to South-Africa - Wild Coast surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of White Clay

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to White Clay:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	CoffeeBayBeach	1 mi
Second closest break	Coffee Bay Point	1 mi
Third closest break	Mapuzi	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Whale Rock	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Mdumbe	3 mi
Wave buoys nearest to White Clay:
Closest wave buoy	Brazil Buoy	4557 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Lion Buoy	5331 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Nice Buoy	5360 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Gascogne Buoy	5742 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Greenwich Buoy	5954 mi
Tide stations nearest to White Clay:
Closest tide station	Durban, South Africa	182 mi
Second closest tide station	Heard Island, Antarctica	2627 mi
Third closest tide station	Mawson, Antarctica	2818 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Davis, Antarctica	3180 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Royal Bay (Moltke Harbor), South Georgia	3504 mi
Ski Resorts closest to White Clay:
Closest ski area	Tiffindell (South Africa)	116 mi
Second closest ski area	Afri-Ski (Lesotho)	219 mi
Third closest ski area	Afri-Ski (Lesotho)	219 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Afri-Ski (Lesotho)	219 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Afri-Ski (Lesotho)	219 mi
Town and city forecasts close to White Clay:
Closest city location	Port Saint Johns (South Africa)	32 mi
Second closest city location	Umtata (South Africa)	42 mi
Third closest city location	Butterworth (South Africa)	66 mi
Fourth closest city location	Ibhayi (South Africa)	79 mi
Fifth closest city location	Elliot (South Africa)	89 mi

• The closest passenger airport to White Clay is Umtata Airport (UTT) in South Africa, which is 66 km (41 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to White Clay is Margate Airport (MGH), also in South Africa, 165 km (102 miles) away.
• The third closest airport is East London Airport (ELS), also in South Africa, 174 km (108 miles) away.