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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 22 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
21.5° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 10AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 22). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (22 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (22 Nov)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
1
0
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
2
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)141313131212121212121111111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1347142116571751164813131174940800686563543410403663505496416402333279273225216
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
S
15
SSW
25
SSE
30
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglasscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:34PM
1.53
4:56AM
1.44
5:03PM
1.47
5:29AM
1.39
5:35PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
0.24
10:46PM
0.19
10:55AM
0.29
11:17PM
0.24
11:28AM
0.36
11:52PM
0.30
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
Sunrise4:52-------4:50-------4:50-------
Sunset----6:45-------6:46-------6:47---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------112123--111-----
Temp. °C182122222121201919212220202019191919202020191817
Feels °C (?)172021211921191920222318172018181818191919201817
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