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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 07 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
26.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 5PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (07 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (07 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.8
ENE
0.6
S
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
1.1
ENE
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
2
ENE
Period(s) (?)8985666668866668888121212138
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)519942598010058499894107104121177118909490171521513521475541
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
10
NE
5
W
25
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
5
S
10
SSW
15
W
10
W
10
NW
15
ENE
5
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
5
E
5
NW
5
NNW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossonglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
1.34
7:11AM
1.39
7:15PM
1.22
7:40AM
1.25
7:44PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
0.33
12:53AM
0.30
1:21PM
0.45
1:20AM
0.44
1:54PM
0.57
1:52AM
0.59
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-------5:33-------5:35-------5:35
Sunset--7:00-------7:00-------6:59-----
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------17672---12-----
Temp. °C252727252525242627272625242323242727252524242324
Feels °C (?)262727262829252829292829282525262830272526272524
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