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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 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
23.2° C
(Which is 1.2°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 3AM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (15 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.5
ENE
2
E
1.9
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
E
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
1.2
SSE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.3
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1
E
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
E
Period(s) (?)8789999977777999888810789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)380345789617579409254165297220206306116130133133234280240214208181175175
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
25
NE
10
NE
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
E
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
1.12
2:12PM
1.27
2:44AM
1.24
2:51PM
1.37
3:18AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:51PM
0.54
7:56AM
0.56
8:34PM
0.42
8:40AM
0.45
9:08PM
0.32
9:15AM
0.36
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----5:11-------5:11-------5:13--
Sunset7:12-------7:12-------7:12-------
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----11-1111111-11------
Temp. °C272526252423242524232322232323232323222222232424
Feels °C (?)272530222019202223222423232323222324232424252525
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