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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 22 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
26.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 11AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (22 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (22 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)6s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SE
0.9
SSE
1.3
SE
1
SE
1.8
E
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
E
1.7
ENE
1.4
E
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2.5
NE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
E
Period(s) (?)777666677777777778888778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)143911658123926331934032628531732724725718125744077437029127711789111
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
SW
10
SW
10
ESE
10
NE
30
WSW
15
WSW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:28AM
1.67
6:39PM
1.45
7:03AM
1.52
7:16PM
1.29
7:47AM
1.34
8:07PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
0.19
12:43AM
0.19
1:17PM
0.34
1:22AM
0.36
2:06PM
0.51
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise-5:46-------5:47-------5:48------
Sunset----6:45-------6:45-------6:44---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------331-----26--
Temp. °C222326262524242323242625242424242324262625222221
Feels °C (?)242526242221232123232525252524252426282828202221
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