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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 04 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 7AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (04 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (04 Dec)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.5
S
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)10101011131111111111111010101061010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52253355685912567976215365264513823133084587782071531491111061091118360
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
NNE
20
E
25
E
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
30
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:51AM
1.53
3:07PM
1.74
3:34AM
1.59
3:51PM
1.73
4:17AM
1.61
4:34PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:42PM
0.08
8:50AM
0.11
9:24PM
0.03
9:35AM
0.08
10:06PM
0.02
10:20AM
0.09
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise--4:48-------4:48-------4:48-----
Sunset------6:55-------6:57-------6:58-
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------11---11
Temp. °C191817192121212019191923242424222120192122222120
Feels °C (?)181817191918171617181925212221191817171819191920
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