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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
23.0° C
(Which is 1.4°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 2AM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (25 Feb)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (25 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.6
E
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.7
SSW
0.9
SW
2.4
SW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)12127788888777888111111131211111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1318040442943438438430822117377574655451171191199042241467540372469
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
45
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
10
SW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
15
E
20
ESE
15
S
20
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
SSW
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
1.09
9:03AM
1.13
10:22PM
0.96
11:51AM
1.07
1:06AM
1.07
1:32PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:09PM
0.50
2:20AM
0.54
3:47PM
0.64
4:40AM
0.67
6:42PM
0.60
7:16AM
0.57
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:52-------5:52--
Sunset6:47-------6:46-------6:45-------
cloud
heavy rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-259--------------221----
Temp. °C242121222224262624222121212225252422212019202122
Feels °C (?)191616181921222322232121222325242521171716172121
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