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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 25 Dec 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
23.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 1AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (26 Dec)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (26 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)109999999999991010999999996
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2992512512073322872392393202762342392442551771371341321041029974299157
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
15
E
10
NE
5
ENE
5
ESE
20
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:47PM
1.37
7:26AM
1.42
7:33PM
1.28
8:18AM
1.38
8:32PM
1.18
9:23AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
0.27
1:36PM
0.44
1:46AM
0.34
2:36PM
0.49
2:42AM
0.42
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Sunrise----4:56-------4:56-------4:56---
Sunset7:09-------7:09-------7:09-------
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light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----111111211121111-1232
Temp. °C222121212121222221212121212121212020202020212122
Feels °C (?)191819212323242119202020202019191818181919212120
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