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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
25.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 4AM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (25 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (25 Feb)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.9
SSW
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.6
E
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.6
E
1.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121213888988887777811111187111011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1111191453654228695056474434191931301027245467878325511761043392343
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
W
30
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
N
15
E
20
E
20
E
10
SE
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
1.12
8:58AM
1.15
10:14PM
0.98
11:49AM
1.08
1:06AM
1.08
1:33PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06PM
0.51
2:17AM
0.55
3:40PM
0.66
4:33AM
0.69
6:41PM
0.63
7:16AM
0.59
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:48-------5:50--
Sunset6:44-------6:43-------6:42-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
326--------------182111-
Temp. °C242322232324262625232323222325252524222120202021
Feels °C (?)262419181921232223242423232526242527201816181922
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