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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 07 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
21.0° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 2PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
3
4
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)111112131414141413121211111111111111141413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11442510333737174186372031862287162411978874593965654784074072491704746169915741159872
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
35
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
30
S
10
S
10
E
15
NE
20
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
10
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.57
6:24PM
1.42
6:56AM
1.49
6:59PM
1.31
7:34AM
1.39
7:36PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:24PM
0.26
12:31AM
0.16
1:03PM
0.35
1:06AM
0.27
1:43PM
0.45
1:42AM
0.39
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-5:05-------5:07-------5:07------
Sunset----7:17-------7:17-------7:17---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C222325242221212020232726262322212022252424222222
Feels °C (?)191818181820201818202423252524191617202021212323
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