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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 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
21.3° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 26). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (26 Nov)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (26 Nov)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
S
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
SSE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)1514141313131212121111111099988888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1377104774658647639533925023718316115620828835934829344838137143232715988
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
N
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
W
10
E
10
N
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
30
NE
15
NE
40
SW
20
W
5
WNW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56PM
1.23
7:50AM
1.22
8:01PM
1.14
9:10AM
1.21
9:33PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53PM
0.53
1:21AM
0.44
2:00PM
0.60
2:26AM
0.50
3:31PM
0.62
3:49AM
0.52
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunrise------4:50-------4:50-------4:50-
Sunset--6:49-------6:50-------6:51-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1--------210--
Temp. °C262625242421222224242323222221232425242521212123
Feels °C (?)252526262620222124252426252423232424222616212321
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