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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 07 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
23.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 11PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 07). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.9
NE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
0.7
S
1
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)12121212111115156667121277661177777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25420315813795937167122150156305432353150851417812593114999150
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
WSW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
1.30
6:20AM
1.29
6:40PM
1.17
6:51AM
1.16
7:26PM
1.03
7:47AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
0.43
12:36PM
0.46
12:43AM
0.56
1:17PM
0.60
1:32AM
0.71
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise-----6:18-------6:18-------6:20--
Sunset5:52-------5:51-------5:49-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------22-1----
Temp. °C212019191819222423222222222428262524242222232827
Feels °C (?)201918191819202120212222222428262525252222242928
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