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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 11 Mar 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
23.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whale Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 3AM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 11). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (12 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (12 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.8
E
1.8
E
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1.7
E
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)111111181817161514141313881414141313813131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)694747631032161982562361701761724074072102071981411373651311299085
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
5
W
10
SE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffglassglasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
0.99
7:59AM
0.99
12:29AM
0.89
12:51PM
0.99
1:43AM
1.06
1:43PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.71
3:35PM
0.78
6:16AM
0.81
7:26PM
0.66
7:41AM
0.65
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise-----6:00-------6:00-------6:01--
Sunset6:25-------6:24-------6:22-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232221191819242424232120202226262624242323252727
Feels °C (?)181817171617192020201919202225242525272424262827
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