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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 11 Apr 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
24.3° 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 12AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)--
Afternoon (12 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
E
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)1414141413131313131212121212121188844455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15014014514313996969593858273724644434542752328232333
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
5
ENE
15
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:36AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:51PM
0.66
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:22-------6:22--
Sunset5:46-------5:45-------5:45-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C242323222223232423232222212222232322212121222525
Feels °C (?)242526242424242524262322192222242424222221232626
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