White Clay Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (31.96° S 29.18° E)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 20.8° 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 5AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 14). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (14 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	SSE	SSE	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	10	10	10	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	176	123	82	50	92	90	111	115	85	214	184	35	52	85	161	269	121	89	74	62	31	64	33	17
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SE	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:30AM 1.18					8:06PM 1.16				9:03AM 1.01				10:40PM 1.02					12:23PM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)		1:25AM 0.46				1:38PM 0.52					2:34AM 0.63				3:25PM 0.70					5:40AM 0.68				6:46PM 0.65

		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	19	24	25	26	24	20	18	18	20	26	20	18	16
Feels °C (?)	17	17	18	17	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	18	22	23	24	21	16	17	17	18	17	10	7	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at White Clay (light winds from the SE at Elliot 144 km from White Clay). 1.6m 7s swell from the S with a 0.6m 8s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 52 minutes ago White Clay

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