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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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
24.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 1PM is: 1.5m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
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)
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.6
SW
0.9
SSW
0.6
E
1.4
S
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.2
E
0.7
SSW
2
ENE
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)101191461313141213131313613121212121414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)209662144146143280284324187268268490156244212193190244189361253545273183
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
10
S
10
S
0
S
10
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
25
ENE
40
NE
20
ESE
45
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
1.62
5:19AM
1.65
5:24PM
1.61
5:50AM
1.67
5:55PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
0.17
11:04PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.16
11:33PM
0.03
11:54AM
0.17
12:03AM
0.06
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-5:16-------5:16-------5:18------
Sunset----7:10-------7:09-------7:09---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C182123222221202019202323222221201923262825242321
Feels °C (?)161819181920202119192019161719191924242526182019
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