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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 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
24.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 1AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
4
5
5
4
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413141313131313141517161616161515141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7126536346431807222123813287383317082354366934162977268225762088165913211127849623530356
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
WSW
15
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
W
10
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
40
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16PM
1.43
6:35AM
1.40
7:08PM
1.28
7:30AM
1.21
8:28PM
1.15
9:08AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
0.31
12:50PM
0.36
1:15AM
0.49
1:51PM
0.51
2:45AM
0.65
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:28-------6:28--
Sunset5:35-------5:34-------5:32-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------111-----------
Temp. °C222019171616202020181716161718202019181817172123
Feels °C (?)19181511109121111131313141616161514131313131517
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