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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 11 Apr 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
24.4° 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 7AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)141414161515141414141313131313121212121212888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10397921221161101501521451431391161761701421338273111109142666855
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
5
S
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
E
10
E
15
NE
10
NE
5
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:20PM
0.95
11:18AM
0.98
12:36AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:37AM
0.79
5:51PM
0.66
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise---6:20-------6:20-------6:22----
Sunset------5:46-------5:45-------5:45-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262525252524242323222121232423232222212223242323
Feels °C (?)242323222222242426252323252524252423222324252323
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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