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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 06 Feb 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
22.9° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 12PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 06). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (06 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (06 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
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)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
1.1
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
S
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
SE
0.5
SW
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1211111112128981181111101010101010595514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90795728194941401691208162567572696967656351436651116
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
S
15
S
5
S
10
NNW
5
NNE
0
NNE
5
NNE
20
NNE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
5
E
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononononglasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.60
6:23PM
1.42
6:45AM
1.49
6:49PM
1.30
7:12AM
1.36
7:15PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
0.23
12:26AM
0.18
12:53PM
0.33
12:53AM
0.30
1:21PM
0.44
1:20AM
0.44
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise-5:33-------5:35-------5:35------
Sunset----7:06-------7:05-------7:04---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----121--21-----174427221
Temp. °C232326262523222222222528262524242524242422232323
Feels °C (?)232224242526242425252527242526282826262421232324
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