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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 03 Dec 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
23.1° 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 6PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (03 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (03 Dec)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
2
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)1111111010101011131111111111111010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5334514424685225335568591256797628536526451375313308394778181153149111106
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
25
S
15
S
10
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NE
20
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
1.70
2:51AM
1.53
3:07PM
1.74
3:34AM
1.59
3:51PM
1.73
4:17AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
0.19
8:42PM
0.08
8:50AM
0.11
9:24PM
0.03
9:35AM
0.08
10:06PM
0.02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise------4:48-------4:48-------4:48-
Sunset--6:54-------6:55-------6:57-----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202120191918181921212120191819232324242221212021
Feels °C (?)171816171818181918171716171719232022221919181819
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