Whacky Point surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 SAST
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Whacky Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whacky Point sea temperature is
22.3° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whacky Point today?

The current surf forecast for Whacky Point at 7PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (29 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (29 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

Table - waves today at Whacky Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131212131312121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57257246547246544437633528127726826828634624523022621816313810510510376
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
20
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
15
ENE
5
E
0
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
0
S
5
SW
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:19PM
1.27
2:03AM
1.23
2:22PM
1.40
2:54AM
1.40
3:08PM
1.51
3:35AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
0.41
8:06AM
0.40
8:42PM
0.26
8:59AM
0.26
9:23PM
0.13
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-------5:26-------5:28-------5:28
Sunset--7:10-------7:10-------7:09-----
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----11-------1-1------
Temp. °C222323222322222324252424232423242525242323222223
Feels °C (?)232322212322222324242426272926272725252526262527
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