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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 23 Oct 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
21.6° 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 8AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 23). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (23 Oct)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (23 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.6
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.4
S
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1413131212121167777714131312121285677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)522326257237164121418258257161113927813653961340632824213394136289337
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
15
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
S
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
W
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
1.64
4:38AM
1.53
4:47PM
1.57
5:04AM
1.46
5:12PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:12AM
0.13
10:32PM
0.11
10:38AM
0.18
10:57PM
0.17
11:04AM
0.25
11:24PM
0.26
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
Sunrise-5:15-------5:13-------5:13------
Sunset----6:20-------6:21-------6:21---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------11-
Temp. °C232831282724212120202021201918171719222221191918
Feels °C (?)212528252422161718181920181817171716191818151514
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Whale Rock (light winds from the N at Coffee Bay 8 km from Whale Rock). A 1.7m groundswell from the SSW

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N
Clean
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