Whacky Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.69° S 28.37° E

Issued: 1 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Whacky Point sea temperature is

19.4°C

Whacky Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Whacky Point today (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Whacky Point at 10PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 01). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (01 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 23°C on Wed morning, min 17°C on Mon morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sun 1					Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	ENE 6	SW 11	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15
Wave Graph
kJ	38	68	68	102	102	162	142	125	125	96	149	140	149	173	169	120	167	58	72	191	339
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	ESE	E	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide					8:26PM1.08m				9:49AM1.13m				10:34PM1.03m					11:36AM1.22m
Low Tide			2:10PM0.58m				2:52AM0.55m				4:23PM0.63m				4:50AM0.55m					6:09PM0.53m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:32	—	—
mm	—	—	1	2	1	2	1	—	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	—	1
Temp °C	22	22	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	21	21
Feels °C	19	19	17	18	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	20	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 6	S 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SW 12	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	S 8	E 10	S 8	SSW 15	SSW 15
kJ	137	92	83	63	44	48	41	125	125	96	94	140	149	173	169	120	46	50	28	191	339
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ENE 7	E 10	S 6	SSE 6	SW 13	SW 12	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	—	SW 10	S 8	SW 11	E 10	S 7
kJ	38	68	68	62	58	43	133	33	35	78	149	50	48	67	65	—	52	31	58	51	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	S 6	S 6	S 6	—	—	—	—	SW 15	SW 11	SSW 15	S 8	E 9
kJ	28	54	53	102	102	162	142	108	83	11	6	7	—	—	—	—	9	58	72	19	15
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 5	S 5	S 5	SSW 6	—	—	—	ESE 4	ESE 4	E 5	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	E 7
kJ	108	111	69	67	46	72	—	—	—	16	27	40	55	60	56	88	167	205	265	308	338
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	3
Distance (km)	290	289	137	28	0	0	5	72	72	72	72	72	19	72	4	152	300	403	403	300	152
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Rating (10 max)			2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2						3
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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