Whale Rock Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 08 Nov 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 21.6° 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: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 08). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	12s
Afternoon (08 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (08 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

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

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	Saturday 08							Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tue 11
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	E	SSW	ENE	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	15	14	14	7	13	6	12	13	12	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	21	20	12	22	14	12	24	42	80	107	126	149	192	162	181	260	596	730	764	642	485	372	298	215
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:02AM 1.60				5:19PM 1.62				5:44AM 1.50				6:01PM 1.45				6:33AM 1.36				6:49PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)				11:05AM 0.11				11:31PM 0.14				11:48AM 0.26				12:14AM 0.28				12:38PM 0.43				1:04AM 0.42

	Saturday 08							Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tue 11
Sunrise	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	23	22	22	21	20	19	19	20	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	22	22	22	22	21	21	20
Feels °C (?)	16	17	19	17	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	18	19	18	18	18	17	19	18	19	20	19	21	21

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