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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 11 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
22.0° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 1AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 23s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 2.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)20s
Afternoon (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)18s
Evening (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.7
SSW
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)121212232220191817161615141413131312121288119
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23718718021136370685610629929151054818553538406299295268184144173173109181
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
30
ENE
10
NE
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:25PM
0.98
10:22AM
1.10
11:21PM
0.94
12:04PM
1.09
1:05AM
1.00
1:21PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:29PM
0.63
3:25AM
0.62
5:04PM
0.66
5:07AM
0.67
6:48PM
0.61
6:52AM
0.64
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-----5:09-------5:11-------5:11--
Sunset7:17-------7:17-------7:16-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282524232227303028252322232527272523232322232626
Feels °C (?)262525242227282828292423232526272625252524252726
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