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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 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
25.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 7PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 04). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (04 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
1.4
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.1
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
E
0.5
SSW
0.7
E
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)116111111111111116781210121213561291287
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12812698979391936565862462733733552479362578281796850
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
25
NE
20
NE
5
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
10
W
15
NNW
10
NW
10
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
N
15
NNE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		glassglassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
1.63
5:50AM
1.72
5:55PM
1.55
6:18AM
1.64
6:22PM
1.46
6:45AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
0.09
11:32PM
-0.00
11:55AM
0.15
12:00AM
0.07
12:24PM
0.23
12:26AM
0.18
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------5:31-------5:31-------5:33
Sunset--7:01-------7:01-------7:00-----
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---11-----177-----------
Temp. °C272726252424242527272624242425242525242323222224
Feels °C (?)272626252527252726262727262727222323252626242224
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