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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 13 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
21.9° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 5AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.2
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)16151414131313121212888111111111019171615147
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)105481860653840639429522318418017317317710579787510034172330382352313
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
NE
25
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
35
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffononononcross-
on		cross-
on		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
0.94
12:04PM
1.09
1:05AM
1.00
1:21PM
1.15
2:03AM
1.10
2:11PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:07AM
0.67
6:48PM
0.61
6:52AM
0.64
7:52PM
0.52
7:56AM
0.55
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---5:11-------5:11-------5:13----
Sunset------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C232222242726252322222124262828252425232325252322
Feels °C (?)242222242626262525242226252627262624191920222121
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