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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 05 Dec 2025 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
23.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 8AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 05). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (05 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (05 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.8
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111110101010101010999999999988812
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52645137531325424461616915314914010610683831334140393735234759
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
S
25
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34AM
1.59
3:51PM
1.73
4:17AM
1.61
4:34PM
1.68
5:01AM
1.60
5:16PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:24PM
0.03
9:35AM
0.08
10:06PM
0.02
10:20AM
0.09
10:47PM
0.05
11:05AM
0.15
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise--4:48-------4:48-------4:48-----
Sunset------6:57-------6:58-------6:59-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1-11---111111---
Temp. °C191919232424242221201921232221212020191919202121
Feels °C (?)171819242123222020181819211921221920191918181919
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