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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 05 Sep 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whispering Waves today?

The current surf forecast for Whispering Waves at 5PM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s 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 offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (05 Sep)6ft (1.9m)14s
Evening (05 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
3
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)111414141414141616151414141313131312121313131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)9251423150419872151261030093577357730502421212818851438127111648977627248751041109213311496
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
5
SW
0
S
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
0
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
offoffcross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44PM
1.44
2:52AM
1.50
3:13PM
1.61
3:23AM
1.61
3:43PM
1.75
3:55AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:31AM
0.25
8:47PM
0.25
9:00AM
0.11
9:19PM
0.11
9:29AM
-0.01
9:51PM
0.01
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:16-------6:15
Sunset--5:51-------5:52-------5:52-----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
----11-----------------2
Temp. °C212120181617171717181818181616172222211918171818
Feels °C (?)201917151315171715151515161415162121222017161820
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Whispering Waves (moderate winds from the SW at East London Airport 64 km from Whispering Waves). 1.8m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.9m 14s groundswell from the S and a 0.6m 4s local chop, also from the S. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

    Whispering Waves
Expand
<
>
View all

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Whispering Waves surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest