Whale Rock Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 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 21.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 3PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	12s
Evening (17 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	13s

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

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	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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
Rating (10 max)	4	0	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	3	3	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	3692	1993	2023	1902	2655	2431	2221	1992	1962	1491	1468	1468	2060	2153	2060	1336	1543	956	827	759	857	972	905	782
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	SSE	SE	N	N	WNW	W	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	E	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:35PM 1.23				1:51AM 1.27					2:16PM 1.40				2:27AM 1.40				2:47PM 1.55				2:58AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)				7:50PM 0.49					8:03AM 0.37				8:27PM 0.34				8:34AM 0.23				8:57PM 0.22

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20
Feels °C (?)	13	13	15	16	16	17	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	15	14	13	13	14	17	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Cross-off wind 70 km from Whale Rock has switched on-shore (light winds from the SE at Mthatha Airport). Waves at Whale Rock tending choppy. 4.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 3.3m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 59 minutes ago Whale Rock

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