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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 12 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
24.6° 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 4AM is: 0.3m 23s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)21s
Afternoon (12 Jan)--
Evening (12 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212222120191817161615141413131312128898811
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1271231993595616516036576356885304313472222191721339617317718117720565
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
40
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
35
NE
5
NNW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SE
20
E
30
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
1.01
10:20AM
1.12
11:17PM
0.96
12:04PM
1.11
1:04AM
1.02
1:21PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:24AM
0.63
5:00PM
0.68
5:05AM
0.69
6:47PM
0.63
6:52AM
0.65
7:51PM
0.54
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:09-------5:09-------5:09----
Sunset------7:12-------7:12-------7:12-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242323252828272524242424262625242424242526272625
Feels °C (?)242424242525232428242323262727262625252728282526
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