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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 21 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
21.2° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 2.1m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)7ft (2.1m)16s
Afternoon (21 Nov)7ft (2.1m)15s
Evening (21 Nov)7ft (2.1m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
2
2
1
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
0
1
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
2
SSE
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)161616151514141414131313121212121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25462226217019491822174817001587137914211606169716221462129210458956865635539161030757585
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
SW
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
SSW
10
SE
15
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
10
N
10
NE
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
1.57
4:26AM
1.48
4:34PM
1.53
4:56AM
1.44
5:03PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:55AM
0.21
10:17PM
0.15
10:25AM
0.24
10:46PM
0.19
10:55AM
0.29
11:17PM
0.24
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise4:52-------4:52-------4:50-------
Sunset----6:45-------6:45-------6:46---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------------2161541
Temp. °C182122232221191918202222222120191821232220202020
Feels °C (?)172019212019181817202221202019181822232218191818
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