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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 01 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
24.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 8AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 01). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (01 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (01 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)888888888888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44434242424141456343554343101991181181441311301339471241
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
5
ESE
10
E
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
SE
20
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
ESE
25
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:36AM
1.57
3:48PM
1.62
4:13AM
1.69
4:23PM
1.67
4:47AM
1.75
4:56PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23PM
0.14
9:41AM
0.16
9:59PM
0.04
10:19AM
0.09
10:32PM
-0.02
10:53AM
0.07
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise---5:26-------5:28-------5:28----
Sunset------7:05-------7:04-------7:02-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------11--1-------1
Temp. °C232222232424252424242324252626252424242526272625
Feels °C (?)272525262623242526272628292727282828282928282626
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