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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 16 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
23.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 8AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (16 Jan)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (16 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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)
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.3
E
1.4
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)7712101098888888810101010101010789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)199219870580482381367318273237207174183142306400214264264302254371486423
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
5
SE
5
E
5
E
10
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
10
SSE
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44AM
1.24
2:51PM
1.37
3:18AM
1.35
3:24PM
1.47
3:50AM
1.45
3:55PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
0.42
8:40AM
0.45
9:08PM
0.32
9:15AM
0.36
9:38PM
0.21
9:48AM
0.27
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise---5:11-------5:13-------5:13----
Sunset------7:12-------7:12-------7:10-
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1----1--------1-1142----
Temp. °C232222212222222121212121232322232322221922232222
Feels °C (?)222021202222232122232221222118232424211418181718
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