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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 08 Nov 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
21.6° 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 3PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 08). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (08 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (08 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.2
E
0.7
SSW
1.6
ENE
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)88988151414713612131216161514141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1222141224428010712614919216218126059673076464248537229821512996
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
5
N
10
NE
25
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
1.62
5:44AM
1.50
6:01PM
1.45
6:33AM
1.36
6:49PM
1.27
7:35AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
0.11
11:31PM
0.14
11:48AM
0.26
12:14AM
0.28
12:38PM
0.43
1:04AM
0.42
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
Sunrise------4:58-------4:58-------4:58-
Sunset--6:32-------6:34-------6:35-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232222212019182022222221212121222222222121202023
Feels °C (?)191718191818192020181918181718191920212021212123
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