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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 21 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
24.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 4AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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)
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
2
2
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
E
0.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)13141213131313131312121212141412137161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28432418726826827215418018717219024419229328511027320668811372424254524932612
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
25
ENE
35
NE
15
E
40
SW
35
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:19AM
1.65
5:24PM
1.61
5:50AM
1.67
5:55PM
1.57
6:22AM
1.65
6:28PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:04PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.16
11:33PM
0.03
11:54AM
0.17
12:03AM
0.06
12:29PM
0.21
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---5:16-------5:18-------5:18----
Sunset------7:09-------7:09-------7:08-
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1----------------------1
Temp. °C202019212323232220191922272926242321202223242322
Feels °C (?)202119212019181716171922252727191918181920212223
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