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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 12 Jan 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 7AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 21s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ENE
2
E
2.5
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
2
ENE
Period(s) (?)888888888888999988889887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)514484866547763908974845759402316234304311311258212205173173181212246405
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
25
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
30
NE
5
NW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SE
20
E
30
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
1.01
10:20AM
1.12
11:17PM
0.96
12:04PM
1.11
1:04AM
1.02
1:21PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:24AM
0.63
5:00PM
0.68
5:05AM
0.69
6:47PM
0.63
6:52AM
0.65
7:51PM
0.54
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:09-------5:09-------5:09----
Sunset------7:13-------7:13-------7:12-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242323252828272524242424262625242424242526272625
Feels °C (?)252424242525232428242323262727262625252728282527
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