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Whale Rock surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
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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
23.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?
The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 4PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 25). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (25 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (25 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Whale Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Sun morning, strong winds from the SSW by Mon afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tue 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 10 | E 10 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 12 | |
109 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 196 | 193 | 203 | 282 | 434 | 504 | 500 | 480 | 400 | 341 | 301 | 268 | 778 | 1750 | 1924 | 1552 | 1283 | 1542 | 3387 | 3488 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 11:27AM1.05m | 00:20AM1.24m | 12:46PM1.16m | 1:14AM1.38m | 1:34PM1.27m | 1:53AM1.49m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:41PM0.57m | 6:49AM0.54m | 6:50PM0.46m | 7:36AM0.41m | 7:34PM0.35m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | |
— | — | 5:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | — | — | 5:28 | |
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Temp °C | 26 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 |
26 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | ENE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 |
207 | 81 | 79 | 202 | 196 | 193 | 203 | 282 | 434 | 504 | 500 | 480 | 400 | 341 | 301 | 268 | 234 | 194 | 161 | 130 | 128 | 98 | 1715 | 1594 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | S 17 | S 17 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | — | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | — | — | — | — | — | E 10 | E 10 |
109 | 5 | 5 | 79 | 55 | 53 | 34 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 98 | 98 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 17 | — | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | SW 16 | — | SW 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | 5 | — | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | — | — | NNW 2 | — | ENE 3 | — | — | NW 2 | SSW 3 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 12 |
— | 207 | 246 | 296 | 302 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | — | 1 | 12 | 184 | 265 | 778 | 1750 | 1924 | 1552 | 1283 | 1542 | 3387 | 3488 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 3 | 5 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 113 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 214 | 372 | 533 | 667 | 956 | 238 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
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