Whale Rock Surf Forecast

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

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 15 Sep 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 20.8° 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 11PM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	13s
Evening (15 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s

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

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	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	2	2	3	6	0	0	5	3	7	7	3	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	471	373	396	447	506	563	9760	6716	11230	7304	4565	10342	7522	1974	2104	2313	2487	2517	2254	2053	1992	1808	1780	1830
Wind (km/h)	NE	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	S	SE	ESE	NE	N	NW	WSW	WSW	SSW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:40PM 1.02					12:23PM 1.05				12:57AM 1.12				1:35PM 1.23				1:51AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)	3:25PM 0.70					5:40AM 0.68				6:46PM 0.65				7:20AM 0.53				7:50PM 0.49					8:03AM 0.37

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	22	20	19	18	21	24	20	19	17	15	14	13	15	18	18	17	17	16	15	14	16	18	19
Feels °C (?)	25	17	17	18	16	18	15	10	8	8	7	7	8	11	14	14	14	15	13	13	11	13	15	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Offshore wind reported 56 km from Whale Rock (fresh winds from the WSW at ASCATB29E32S 56 km from Whale Rock). A 1.2m groundswell from the SSW
1 hour 32 minutes ago Whale Rock

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