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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 19 Apr 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
22.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Whispering Waves today?

The current surf forecast for Whispering Waves at 4AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
3
4
3
3
2
2
3
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
0.4
SW
2.5
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212111111111013101278121213131514141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6354673412151761631048413653627475212922731775128917721504122710429349219431061
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
10
NE
20
W
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
5
SW
20
S
10
S
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
1.79
4:57PM
1.60
5:14AM
1.69
5:35PM
1.51
5:53AM
1.54
6:18PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:21PM
-0.03
10:50AM
-0.03
10:58PM
0.03
11:27AM
0.07
11:38PM
0.15
12:07PM
0.20
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---6:30-------6:31-------6:31----
Sunset------5:39-------5:38-------5:37-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181919192525242123211918212422181615151622222119
Feels °C (?)151616162323262018151412141513151312121320171817
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