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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 25 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
21.4° C
(Which is 1.1°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 3PM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (25 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (25 Nov)4ft (1.2m)14s

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

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Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)9161615151414171616151414131313121212111111109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16423427741740538969117081938187013771047746506378367339250242186161156221357
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
ENE
15
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
10
NE
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
SW
10
SW
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
1.32
6:11PM
1.33
6:51AM
1.26
6:56PM
1.23
7:50AM
1.22
8:01PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
0.44
12:31AM
0.37
12:53PM
0.53
1:21AM
0.44
2:00PM
0.60
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
Sunrise4:50-------4:50-------4:50-------
Sunset----6:47-------6:49-------6:50---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-------------------111-1
Temp. °C171921212120191818222525252323222223242323222221
Feels °C (?)172020181816171718222424252525212122232325252423
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