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Whale Rock surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
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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 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Whale Rock today (01 Jun):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 12AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 31). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Jun) | - | - |
| Afternoon (01 Jun) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 12s |
| Evening (01 Jun) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Whale Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue morning, min 18°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 31 | Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | Wed 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SSW 16 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | NE 6 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | ENE 6 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | NE 6 | E 9 | SSW 12 | E 8 | SSW 12 | E 9 | SSW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | |
212 | 186 | 178 | 158 | 113 | 146 | 154 | 162 | 126 | 171 | 81 | 76 | 68 | 68 | 96 | 56 | 71 | 56 | 55 | 125 | 130 | 132 | 153 | 118 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | |
High Tide | 3:52PM1.44m | 4:00AM1.52m | 4:24PM1.44m | 4:32AM1.49m | 4:56PM1.42m | 5:03AM1.46m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:49PM0.27m | 10:12AM0.20m | 10:22PM0.28m | 10:44AM0.21m | 10:55PM0.31m | 11:17AM0.24m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | |
5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:06 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 14 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | E 9 | ENE 6 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | SSW 11 |
212 | 186 | 65 | 43 | 33 | 35 | 26 | 162 | 126 | 95 | 101 | 66 | 40 | 33 | 96 | 22 | 71 | 52 | 55 | 38 | 37 | 22 | 34 | 113 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | E 9 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | E 9 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | E 8 |
35 | 35 | 178 | 158 | 113 | 146 | 154 | 30 | 23 | 120 | 81 | 76 | 38 | 67 | 61 | 36 | 56 | 56 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 33 | 65 | 33 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ESE 10 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 13 | E 9 | SE 8 | SSW 12 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 11 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 |
— | 9 | 36 | 39 | 44 | 31 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 68 | 38 | 14 | 56 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 28 | 26 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | — | SSW 2 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 |
50 | 70 | 106 | 88 | 101 | 69 | 39 | 37 | 53 | 171 | 150 | 147 | 95 | 68 | — | 1 | 19 | 41 | 88 | 125 | 130 | 132 | 153 | 118 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 289 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 266 | 221 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 154 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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