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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
25.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 4AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
2.3
E
2
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
0.9
ESE
1.3
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)13131414141413131313131316151414149998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4446535452484644272727272554548071809607425313101223173
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
40
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
30
NE
40
NE
45
ENE
45
NE
35
NE
15
NNE
30
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53AM
1.77
4:06PM
1.63
4:19AM
1.76
4:32PM
1.62
4:43AM
1.71
4:57PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
0.04
10:03AM
0.04
10:06PM
0.03
10:27AM
0.03
10:31PM
0.06
10:52AM
0.07
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise---6:13-------6:15-------6:16----
Sunset------5:58-------5:57-------5:54-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242322232525242322212021252625242324242426262424
Feels °C (?)242322222221191919181718202020212322212224252425
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