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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 05 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
20.9° C
(Which is 2.5°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 10AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (05 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (05 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thu
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
4
4
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.6
SSW
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
SW
0.9
E
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
1.8
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1098881110101010119161513121110121314141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15113986868685100159156181179155223344147916268001508226833473703380332782453
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
0
NE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
N
5
NNW
5
W
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
W
25
WSW
35
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
10
SSE
10
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:11PM
1.58
5:40AM
1.62
5:48PM
1.51
6:18AM
1.57
6:24PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
0.13
11:22PM
0.03
11:46AM
0.18
11:57PM
0.08
12:24PM
0.26
12:31AM
0.16
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thu
08
Sunrise-5:03-------5:05-------5:05------
Sunset----7:17-------7:17-------7:17---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182224252422202020242625252221212223252423222120
Feels °C (?)192423242322212221232424242120201918191920222119
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