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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 25 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
23.3° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 6PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 25). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (25 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (25 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
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
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
E
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)13121212121212121212121111111113121212812121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)614510493419333274269269222218171166341418200261826210184161149193190255
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
NE
5
S
45
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
20
WSW
35
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
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		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47PM
1.26
8:26AM
1.37
8:48PM
1.12
9:42AM
1.25
10:36PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
0.39
1:55AM
0.36
2:50PM
0.50
2:56AM
0.50
4:23PM
0.59
4:41AM
0.59
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise-------5:20-------5:22-------5:22
Sunset--7:08-------7:07-------7:07-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1------2----
Temp. °C262625242424242527272825252523242625242222222222
Feels °C (?)272624232223242626252630212522232524232219232423
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