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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 11 Mar 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
23.9° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 4PM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (11 Mar)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (11 Mar)7ft (2.1m)6s

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

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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
0
0
0
1
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
1.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.9
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)999666777777778888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127318363183284341384335310319319363543653589644591525452406494555703639
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NE
30
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
1.14
7:26PM
0.99
7:59AM
0.99
12:29AM
0.89
12:51PM
0.99
1:43AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:36PM
0.65
1:35AM
0.71
3:35PM
0.78
6:16AM
0.81
7:26PM
0.66
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
Sunrise-5:58-------6:00-------6:01------
Sunset----6:25-------6:24-------6:23---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182023242322201918192424232221201921262726242323
Feels °C (?)161819191918161616172020181819201921242625252525
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