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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 11 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
22.0° 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 4PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 11). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Nov)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (11 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (11 Nov)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
2.5
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)111113131310101010141014131312678999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)858390286282135141144180141177210201289175237440836683619425383228250
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
ESE
5
SE
5
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
35
SW
40
SSW
35
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
1.11
9:12AM
1.15
9:47PM
1.02
11:05AM
1.18
11:38PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:46PM
0.59
2:16AM
0.55
3:40PM
0.68
4:04AM
0.60
5:43PM
0.63
5:41AM
0.56
Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Sunrise------4:56-------4:56-------4:56-
Sunset--6:36-------6:37-------6:37-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232322212120202123232221212020232322212019191819
Feels °C (?)222121222220202123232423222017181617161718191715
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