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Whale Rock Surf Forecast
/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /
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Whale Rock surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?
The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 5AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (22 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 16s |
| Evening (22 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Whale Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 312 | 342 | 402 | 408 | 341 | 1023 | 950 | 856 | 800 | 659 | 447 | 326 | 257 | 237 | 164 | 156 | 298 | 8 | 227 | 158 | 126 | 86 | 73 | 81 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:49AM 1.58 | 3:58PM 1.69 | 4:14AM 1.57 | 4:23PM 1.64 | 4:38AM 1.53 | 4:47PM 1.57 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:44PM 0.07 | 9:47AM 0.10 | 10:08PM 0.07 | 10:12AM 0.13 | 10:32PM 0.11 | 10:38AM 0.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:13 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:21 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Continuing clean conditions at Whale Rock (light winds from the N at Coffee Bay 8 km from Whale Rock). A 1.5m groundswell from the SSW
2 h 5 min ago
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