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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 26 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
23.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 7AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (26 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)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
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
E
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1
SSW
1.6
SSW
0.9
SW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)77881111111113121111101212121211111212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)135704746128117117214848202606550365477380294235190200383328322380560
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSW
20
SW
35
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
S
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
W
10
S
20
S
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
onononcross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:22PM
0.96
11:51AM
1.07
1:06AM
1.07
1:32PM
1.20
2:08AM
1.26
2:23PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40AM
0.67
6:42PM
0.60
7:16AM
0.57
7:55PM
0.43
8:17AM
0.40
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---5:52-------5:52-------5:52----
Sunset------6:45-------6:44-------6:43-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------121--------------
Temp. °C212020222424232220201920222222222120202225252423
Feels °C (?)212020232523222116181719232120222121212326252423
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