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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 15 Jul 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
20.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 2PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (15 Jul)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (15 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1
E
1.2
E
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.9
ENE
0.8
SSW
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)1212121212111212111117171616161615111114141414181817161616161615151515151515151414141313131314141313121615141313126127
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5605285204294664554593944395777547587497025584584124686563023182983837051320257529712963238419441694150112188111026670777544530400316294282222269265312384338259123232213648368371324428186531
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
W
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
0
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
W
10
W
10
NW
10
NE
15
SSE
15
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
5
SSE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
40
NE
35
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
25
W
25
S
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
40
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
1.58
7:00AM
1.41
7:34PM
1.53
7:45AM
1.31
8:23PM
1.45
8:41AM
1.20
9:26PM
1.35
10:00AM
1.11
10:51PM
1.29
11:44AM
1.10
12:25AM
1.30
1:14PM
1.18
1:40AM
1.37
2:18PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29PM
0.13
1:01AM
0.29
1:08PM
0.20
1:47AM
0.36
1:52PM
0.30
2:43AM
0.44
2:47PM
0.41
3:56AM
0.51
4:03PM
0.50
5:29AM
0.53
5:43PM
0.53
6:59AM
0.47
7:14PM
0.47
8:05AM
0.36
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise-------7:01-------7:01-------7:00-------7:00-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58----
Sunset--5:15-------5:16-------5:16-------5:17-------5:17-------5:19-------5:19-------5:20-
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Rain (mm)
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