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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
23.2° 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 5AM is: 0.1m 20s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (15 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.8
SW
0.1
S
2
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
0.8
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)1111206777771313101010888888891010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4414283223624192662853122191581578484464324302246220220191175175179244
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
45
SW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
1.12
2:12PM
1.27
2:44AM
1.24
2:51PM
1.37
3:18AM
1.35
3:24PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
0.56
8:34PM
0.42
8:40AM
0.45
9:08PM
0.32
9:15AM
0.36
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---5:11-------5:11-------5:13----
Sunset------7:12-------7:12-------7:12-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----11211----111---1--1
Temp. °C262524242425242323232223232323222323232324242524
Feels °C (?)292219202022222123222222222223232425252525252727
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