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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 06 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
25.2° 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 2PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (06 Feb)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.8
ENE
1.3
SSW
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.6
S
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
1.1
SE
2
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)887589978899989599956667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14216171829299392969503673804214654427939562551699664
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
5
W
10
NNE
0
NNE
10
E
20
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
SSW
5
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
35
SE
15
ENE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offglasscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.64
6:22PM
1.46
6:45AM
1.53
6:49PM
1.34
7:11AM
1.39
7:15PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:24PM
0.23
12:26AM
0.18
12:52PM
0.33
12:53AM
0.30
1:21PM
0.45
1:20AM
0.44
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise-5:31-------5:33-------5:33------
Sunset----7:00-------7:00-------7:00---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----22211----1----23133982
Temp. °C242426262523222222232425252525242526272624232322
Feels °C (?)262325242625242524272725242629282930292825212424
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