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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 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
21.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Whacky Point today?

The current surf forecast for Whacky Point at 5AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (04 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (04 Dec)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.5
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.1
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)101011111111111111101010101010101099991099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5926037236587576835955774983673082964247176251901491371341061062196343
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NE
25
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
10
N
25
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
SW
20
SSW
30
S
20
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:51AM
1.50
3:07PM
1.70
3:34AM
1.56
3:51PM
1.70
4:18AM
1.58
4:34PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:42PM
0.07
8:50AM
0.11
9:25PM
0.02
9:35AM
0.08
10:06PM
0.02
10:21AM
0.09
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise--4:50-------4:50-------4:50-----
Sunset------7:00-------7:01-------7:02-
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C191817192121212019181823272523212018172123212020
Feels °C (?)181817181717171717161820242121201917161921181820
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