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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 28 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
19.7° C
(Which is 3.5°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 4PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (28 Dec)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (28 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.7
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)96666688956610101010149131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)741432111289584691732209813914815159983663366
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
25
E
25
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
1.32
9:54PM
1.09
10:43AM
1.31
11:29PM
1.09
12:06PM
1.34
12:52AM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:53PM
0.50
3:57AM
0.47
5:21PM
0.48
5:25AM
0.48
6:41PM
0.40
6:47AM
0.41
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Sunrise------4:58--------5:00-------5:00
Sunset--7:15-------7:15-------7:16-----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
121111------------------
Temp. °C232221212120212224242323232221232525242323222124
Feels °C (?)232019212220212122212021212019202221202020202024
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