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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 15 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: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (16 Apr)6ft (1.8m)6s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)77791111556666677777888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4226150185364364508516724723017727115713011113512516915117215713499
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
ENE
15
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
NW
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
10
NE
30
SW
25
NNW
15
N
15
W
20
SW
30
SW
40
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:24-------6:24--
Sunset5:42-------5:40-------5:39-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-121111-----------------
Temp. °C232221202021232424232221222328292724272323242626
Feels °C (?)202223222221222121202021232327282920242222222018
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