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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 09 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
23.9° 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 9AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (09 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (09 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.1
SSW
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.9
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
E
0.7
SSW
1.8
E
1.9
E
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212121113121212121212121261212129116611
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1248111390235544928830229229228827822620321027128827624720634811521227947
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26AM
1.43
6:34PM
1.28
6:49AM
1.29
6:57PM
1.14
7:14AM
1.14
7:26PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
0.27
12:35PM
0.37
12:38AM
0.41
1:01PM
0.50
1:03AM
0.56
1:36PM
0.65
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise---5:58-------5:58-------5:58----
Sunset------6:28-------6:27-------6:25-
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C212019202323232220191819242424222120192124242422
Feels °C (?)191817192018191817181717201920181819172020192018
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