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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 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
21.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 9AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (19 Nov)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (19 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.1
SSW
1.3
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
ENE
0.6
S
0.3
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)884555598787217761616888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)474745875231127614105110099800555555
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
25
WSW
30
SSW
25
S
15
SSE
5
SW
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:08PM
1.58
3:29AM
1.49
3:37PM
1.59
3:57AM
1.49
4:05PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
0.23
9:21PM
0.15
9:26AM
0.21
9:48PM
0.14
9:55AM
0.21
10:17PM
0.15
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
22
Sunrise4:52-------4:52-------4:52-------
Sunset----6:43-------6:44-------6:45---
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C191920212019181716192121212019181821222221201918
Feels °C (?)181616171820181716191919212018171618191919191817
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