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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm 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
20.2° C
 (Which is 3.6°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 8PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
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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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
0.6
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)161514147121010888888881010101110101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232331362318405117565661035830638335426021917315114825726296198218281275
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
WSW
35
SW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11PM
1.25
2:44AM
1.21
2:50PM
1.35
3:18AM
1.32
3:24PM
1.44
3:49AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
0.41
8:39AM
0.45
9:07PM
0.30
9:15AM
0.35
9:38PM
0.21
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------5:13-------5:15-------5:16
Sunset--7:16-------7:16-------7:16-----
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--111---11----------112-
Temp. °C262522222221212121212121212121212424242322212019
Feels °C (?)232219202120202021202020212121212322222425231616
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