Whale Rock surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 19 Feb 2026 SAST
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Whale Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whale Rock sea temperature is
25.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 2AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

Table - waves today at Whale Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.7
ENE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111101010141313131312121299988886888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46939230629424523222521221218617216716456579610812512512418912710583
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
S
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
S
10
SE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
1.70
5:25AM
1.82
5:34PM
1.66
5:55AM
1.77
6:06PM
1.57
6:28AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
-0.07
11:33AM
0.03
11:39PM
-0.03
12:05PM
0.09
12:10AM
0.06
12:39PM
0.19
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----5:43-------5:45-------5:46--
Sunset6:49-------6:47-------6:46-------
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262526252525272726252424232427262625242423242727
Feels °C (?)292830282828292928292626252630292826242424242424
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