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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 05 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
25.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 3AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 05). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (06 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (06 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.4
E
0.4
SSW
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
S
0.5
SSW
0.7
E
1
S
1.1
SSW
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)1212810888666129111010998899995
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3736221331681861611151098281812472701961731356945601061027837
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
10
SE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
S
20
S
5
S
10
SW
5
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55PM
1.55
6:18AM
1.64
6:22PM
1.46
6:45AM
1.53
6:49PM
1.34
7:11AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
0.07
12:24PM
0.23
12:26AM
0.18
12:52PM
0.33
12:53AM
0.30
1:21PM
0.45
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-----5:31-------5:33-------5:33--
Sunset7:01-------7:00-------7:00-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1414-----11------21----11
Temp. °C262423242425262625242323232425252524242423252525
Feels °C (?)262824252624242425272526252726252827272726272627
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