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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 20 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
24.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 9PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (20 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s
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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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
1
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1.7
S
1.4
S
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.2
E
0.7
SSW
1.9
ENE
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)96613131412131313136131212121214141313131616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1761901532802843241872682684901542212121721902441893612855142732016881096
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
S
25
S
10
SSW
10
S
0
SW
5
NNW
10
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
25
ENE
40
NE
10
ENE
35
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
1.62
5:19AM
1.65
5:24PM
1.61
5:50AM
1.67
5:55PM
1.57
6:22AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
0.17
11:04PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.16
11:33PM
0.03
11:54AM
0.17
12:03AM
0.06
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-------5:16-------5:18-------5:18
Sunset--7:10-------7:09-------7:09-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-------------21----
Temp. °C232322212020192123232322212020232728252322212022
Feels °C (?)192019212021192120191717181920232625271919191820
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