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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 19 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
24.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 11PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (19 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
1.9
SSW
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
NE
0.9
NE
0.3
E
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)878888999988885966699999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27639720415111910179616107272701737152931221541251414
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
N
20
W
35
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
S
20
S
10
SSE
5
NNE
10
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
5
E
15
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
1.64
5:13AM
1.73
5:34PM
1.55
5:52AM
1.58
6:16PM
1.43
6:35AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:58PM
0.03
11:26AM
0.07
11:37PM
0.15
12:05PM
0.20
12:21AM
0.31
12:50PM
0.36
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:26-------6:28--
Sunset5:37-------5:37-------5:36-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252726252222252423201919181822232220181716162021
Feels °C (?)252723181413161619171717151622211918151111101314
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