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Whispering Waves surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 SAST
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Whispering Waves surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whispering Waves sea temperature is
20.8° C
 (Which is 2.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whispering Waves today?

The current surf forecast for Whispering Waves at 1AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Whispering Waves. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
5
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
3
4
3
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141312121111111111111114141313121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3955380331862287176611979853964515654784694607925211886167312971068887730582533392
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
10
SSE
10
E
15
NE
20
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
25
ENE
10
NE
10
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SSW
25
S
25
S
15
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		ononcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:24PM
1.42
6:56AM
1.49
6:59PM
1.31
7:34AM
1.39
7:36PM
1.19
8:14AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
0.16
1:03PM
0.35
1:06AM
0.27
1:43PM
0.45
1:42AM
0.39
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----5:07-------5:07-------5:07--
Sunset7:17-------7:17-------7:17-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221212123272626232221202224242322212121212122
Feels °C (?)192121202020242325262418171819222121212120201921
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