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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 12 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
24.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 11AM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (12 Mar)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (12 Mar)8ft (2.4m)7s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
2
3
2
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)677677888888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)300284310352588669604712679607416507555507613559622341309309270264229186
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
35
NE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
W
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
0.99
12:29AM
0.89
12:51PM
0.99
1:43AM
1.06
1:43PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35PM
0.78
6:16AM
0.81
7:26PM
0.66
7:41AM
0.65
7:58PM
0.50
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-6:00-------6:01-------6:01------
Sunset----6:24-------6:23-------6:22---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171924252423212020222727262423232324272625242323
Feels °C (?)151719212020191920212525242424252525272728282625
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