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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 27 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
23.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 5AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (27 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (27 Dec)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.4
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.5
E
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)9991010999999666677788951010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19620120521429933413413210410276769512430226317910418216122013499
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
E
30
E
25
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18AM
1.38
8:32PM
1.18
9:23AM
1.34
9:52PM
1.11
10:43AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:46AM
0.34
2:36PM
0.49
2:42AM
0.42
3:52PM
0.52
3:56AM
0.48
5:20PM
0.50
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Sunrise--4:56-------4:56-------4:58-----
Sunset------7:09-------7:10-------7:10-
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cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
1--111111111-23221-1111-
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