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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 29 Dec 2025 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
20.6° 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 3AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 29). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (30 Dec)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (30 Dec)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

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

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Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
0.6
E
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.1
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
SSW
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)5668101014991212121212121116161488888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78143156501594336336655101019512422368360346
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
30
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
NE
30
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
W
20
W
20
SSE
10
SSW
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29PM
1.09
12:06PM
1.34
12:52AM
1.17
1:17PM
1.42
1:56AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:21PM
0.48
5:25AM
0.48
6:41PM
0.40
6:47AM
0.41
7:45PM
0.30
7:54AM
0.32
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Sunrise-----5:00-------5:00-------5:01--
Sunset7:15-------7:16-------7:16-------
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------111-242
Temp. °C232322212022252524222221212426252523222122212123
Feels °C (?)202020201819222120182020202325232324232222202222
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