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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 29 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
21.9° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 5AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (29 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (29 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313131313131212121313121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)617599590581572572465472465444437370330273268268341346320230226218163154
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
ENE
0
W
5
WSW
5
S
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
1.07
1:19PM
1.27
2:03AM
1.23
2:22PM
1.40
2:54AM
1.40
3:08PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:48AM
0.53
7:50PM
0.41
8:06AM
0.40
8:42PM
0.26
8:59AM
0.26
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise---5:26-------5:26-------5:28----
Sunset------7:10-------7:10-------7:09-
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
121111-1111-1-----1121--
Temp. °C222221222223232223222223242524232323232424242423
Feels °C (?)232423252423222223222323242424242728272826262525
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