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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 22 Oct 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
21.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 5AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (22 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (22 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

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

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
0.1
S
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)131313131616161514141413131212121120677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31234240240834110239508568006594473262572371641562988227158126867381
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
10
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SE
15
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
1.58
3:58PM
1.69
4:14AM
1.57
4:23PM
1.64
4:38AM
1.53
4:47PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44PM
0.07
9:47AM
0.10
10:08PM
0.07
10:12AM
0.13
10:32PM
0.11
10:38AM
0.18
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---5:16-------5:15-------5:13----
Sunset------6:19-------6:20-------6:21-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717192122222122222227322928232120202021212019
Feels °C (?)171817181918192022212025302727211715171820191918
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Whale Rock (light winds from the N at Coffee Bay 8 km from Whale Rock). A 1.5m groundswell from the SSW

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