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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 15 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
19.9° C
 (Which is 3.9°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 8AM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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)
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.3
E
0.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.2
S
1.5
SSW
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.1
SSW
1.5
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
E
1.4
SSE
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)10121961615141481210101087981010101010910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)732635202232331362318581616648612245246128136226193186186179179175190
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
1.10
2:11PM
1.25
2:44AM
1.21
2:50PM
1.35
3:18AM
1.32
3:24PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
0.55
8:33PM
0.41
8:39AM
0.45
9:07PM
0.30
9:15AM
0.35
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---5:13-------5:13-------5:15----
Sunset------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1---111--111----------
Temp. °C252323232525222222212121222222222222212224242423
Feels °C (?)252019192122192120202020222222232324232424232425
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