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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 16 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
21.3° C
 (Which is 2.6°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 11PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (16 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
2
1
2
2
3
4
2
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
0.9
SE
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)888881010101071010101078910101112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1633022642191901862623544058120221026426540677810451003839698666608589469
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
5
ENE
20
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
25
SW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50PM
1.35
3:18AM
1.32
3:24PM
1.44
3:49AM
1.42
3:54PM
1.51
4:19AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07PM
0.30
9:15AM
0.35
9:38PM
0.21
9:48AM
0.27
10:07PM
0.13
10:19AM
0.21
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-----5:15-------5:16-------5:16--
Sunset7:16-------7:16-------7:15-------
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1---------122-----------
Temp. °C212121212121222524232322192023232221191716202222
Feels °C (?)202021212221222322232622141517161417161414181920
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