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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 18 Mar 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
24.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 10AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
3
3
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)121277891099999131314141414141414677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1581562031831982823072882352352012102102984337527215374678111336394371247
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
5
NNW
10
WNW
5
SSW
15
E
20
S
15
SSW
20
W
20
W
5
W
10
W
5
NNW
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
NNE
5
WSW
25
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
1.74
3:42PM
1.67
3:59AM
1.84
4:11PM
1.72
4:28AM
1.89
4:42PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
0.06
9:38AM
0.04
9:44PM
-0.04
10:08AM
-0.04
10:13PM
-0.09
10:39AM
-0.07
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:03-------6:05-------6:05----
Sunset------6:16-------6:15-------6:15-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----1191-------------13
Temp. °C242323252626252323232223252625242324242524242322
Feels °C (?)242625292827272323252325262525232325262420212322
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