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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 23 Mar 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
22.9° C
(Which is 1.1°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 9PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.8
S
2
S
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)11111113161514141414141414141313131312128888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1601602003411569175715331114982904811811640613482396326317224169566450351302
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
SW
25
WSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononononoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22PM
1.41
6:43AM
1.44
7:03PM
1.25
7:29AM
1.23
8:06PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
0.18
12:25AM
0.24
12:57PM
0.34
1:09AM
0.42
1:50PM
0.52
2:18AM
0.62
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------6:11-------6:11-------6:13
Sunset--6:14-------6:13-------6:10-----
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11------------------13--
Temp. °C232222222121212121232222222121233029262422222121
Feels °C (?)212021212020191918191718191818212827252321252221
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