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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 19 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
25.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 6PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
E
0.6
S
0.8
E
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.3
ENE
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)1111111110101014131313131212129108988688
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)708617469392306294245232225212212183193167164576551113105102987472
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SE
5
SE
10
ENE
5
SE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
SW
5
W
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
1.70
5:25AM
1.82
5:34PM
1.66
5:55AM
1.77
6:06PM
1.57
6:28AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
0.02
11:09PM
-0.07
11:33AM
0.03
11:39PM
-0.03
12:05PM
0.09
12:10AM
0.06
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------5:43-------5:45-------5:46
Sunset--6:49-------6:47-------6:46-----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262626252525242527272625252424252627262525242324
Feels °C (?)282829272929272829292929282727292929292726252425
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