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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 19 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
23.9° 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: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111121212101010991313131412131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)469446397336279204209160144199276280284324187268268272154215212237258248
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
0
SSE
0
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
S
35
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
0
NW
5
NNE
20
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:25PM
1.59
4:49AM
1.60
4:54PM
1.62
5:19AM
1.65
5:24PM
1.61
5:50AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
0.21
10:36PM
0.07
10:50AM
0.17
11:04PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.16
11:33PM
0.03
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-------5:16-------5:16-------5:18
Sunset--7:10-------7:10-------7:09-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C212122222120192123232120202019202223222220191922
Feels °C (?)192022232219171920191819202120201918171717181922
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