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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 25 Mar 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
22.2° C
(Which is 1.7°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 1PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 25). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (25 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
E
1.2
E
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121211111188111212121211117
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)514396390317224213167164161172150140190170137169154278283233222148140150
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
5
E
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
5
ESE
10
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
5
N
20
WSW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
1.23
8:06PM
1.07
8:58AM
1.04
10:55PM
1.00
12:01PM
1.03
12:59AM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
0.52
2:18AM
0.62
3:45PM
0.66
5:31AM
0.69
6:32PM
0.58
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-6:11-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset----6:10-------6:09-------6:08---
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----1-1-----1-------115
Temp. °C212329272624222120202324232221222223282726242323
Feels °C (?)192127252428222019202324242421232223282627282424
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