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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 10 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
24.5° 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 2AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 10). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)661010161615151414141413131313131212121212128
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3835303084122116111106140145143101961331319385827372464546
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
35
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
S
15
SE
5
ENE
0
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:20PM
0.95
11:18AM
0.98
12:36AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:53PM
0.71
4:37AM
0.79
5:51PM
0.66
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:20-------6:22--
Sunset5:47-------5:46-------5:45-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262526252525252523222221212223242323222222222324
Feels °C (?)272424232323212221222323232425252627252524252625
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