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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 20 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
25.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 5AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
SSE
1.7
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010999999889998888886777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)306294245225177203184124966161565796111129148149153130227395570706
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
W
5
W
0
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
SSW
20
S
5
SSE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
45
NE
40
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
1.82
5:34PM
1.66
5:55AM
1.77
6:06PM
1.57
6:28AM
1.67
6:39PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
-0.07
11:33AM
0.03
11:39PM
-0.03
12:05PM
0.09
12:10AM
0.06
12:39PM
0.19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---5:43-------5:45-------5:46----
Sunset------6:47-------6:46-------6:45-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C252525262727272625242324272626262423232427272625
Feels °C (?)292929302929303028262526292830292724242525242222
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