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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 09 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
24.6° 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 5AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.7
NE
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
NE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)661212666611111111666666161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14623843235357575399125119868564303370779284122116110106140
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NE
15
ENE
10
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
5
W
10
W
5
W
10
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
offcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
1.16
7:26PM
1.03
7:47AM
1.02
10:20PM
0.95
11:18AM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
0.56
1:17PM
0.60
1:32AM
0.71
2:53PM
0.71
4:37AM
0.79
5:51PM
0.66
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---6:18-------6:20-------6:20----
Sunset------5:49-------5:47-------5:46-
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------1-11--------------
Temp. °C222223252928252323232223292726262626242528262524
Feels °C (?)222122242828272524242324302727282827242528262825
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