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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
22.4° C
(Which is 1.5°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 3PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (26 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (26 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
0.8
SSW
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)81288111188812121212121212771011111178
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20617214811119013511312115734726022222215815316117612019074717169107
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
5
SE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
25
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NW
5
NNW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
1.04
10:55PM
1.00
12:01PM
1.03
12:59AM
1.15
1:22PM
1.17
1:50AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
0.62
3:45PM
0.66
5:31AM
0.69
6:32PM
0.58
7:20AM
0.54
7:34PM
0.43
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset----6:09-------6:08-------6:07---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------144--
Temp. °C192023232322212122222828262424242423252321201919
Feels °C (?)182022222524222222212726262628272723242119201818
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