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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 02 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
24.6° 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 10AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Afternoon (02 Apr)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (02 Apr)8ft (2.4m)7s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.2
E
1.9
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1
ENE
1.3
E
1
ESE
1
ESE
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)777777778888888998888998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)327371407527618651573512481526640946118611521431749549368313140223166158190
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
25
NE
40
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
40
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
45
ENE
45
NE
25
NE
20
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
S
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53AM
1.77
4:06PM
1.63
4:19AM
1.76
4:32PM
1.62
4:43AM
1.71
4:57PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
0.04
10:06PM
0.03
10:27AM
0.03
10:31PM
0.06
10:52AM
0.07
10:56PM
0.11
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise-6:13-------6:15-------6:16------
Sunset----5:58-------5:57-------5:55---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222325252423212120212626252323232424252524232323
Feels °C (?)222222211919181817172220202122202224252626252424
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