White Clay surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 02 Feb 2026 SAST
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White Clay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's White Clay sea temperature is
25.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 4PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 02). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (02 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (02 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s

Table - waves today at White Clay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
E
0.9
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
ESE
1.4
E
1.4
E
0.9
ESE
1.4
ENE
1.4
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)788888888888888866966666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3762431014343116120103108140115927171137125125108114137203225200
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
SSW
15
E
20
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
1.67
4:47AM
1.75
4:56PM
1.67
5:19AM
1.76
5:27PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
0.09
10:32PM
-0.02
10:53AM
0.07
11:03PM
-0.04
11:25AM
0.09
11:32PM
-0.00
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise-5:28-------5:28-------5:30------
Sunset----7:04-------7:02-------7:02---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
111-------------------21
Temp. °C242526272625252423242627272525242425272726252423
Feels °C (?)282929282727282727282828282627252627282624242425
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