White Clay Surf Forecast

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

South Africa (276 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 7 pm Friday 22 May 2026 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 24.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 3AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 May)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Afternoon (23 May)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Evening (23 May)	2ft (0.6m)	11s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the NE by Mon afternoon).
	Fri 22			Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Mon 25
	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	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	S 12	E 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	132	129	127	248	195	191	151	112	112	81	79	78	75	103	79	74	69	91	90	117	112	106	100	74
Wind (km/h)	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	W	SSE	ESE	ENE	NE	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			8:31PM1.28m				8:51AM1.12m				9:57PM1.25m				10:24AM1.08m					11:19PM1.27m				11:48AM1.11m
Low Tide					2:47AM0.58m				3:05PM0.50m				4:24AM0.61m				4:31PM0.53m					5:50AM0.56m


	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—
	5:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	20	20	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	20	21
Feels °C	19	20	20	18	17	18	19	18	19	20	19	19	19	19	21	19	19	19	20	18	17	16	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	S 12	E 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	108	89	71	248	195	191	151	112	112	81	79	78	73	103	71	74	69	91	90	117	112	106	100	74
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 12	E 12	S 10	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 10	S 9	S 9	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 12	S 12	E 10	SSE 12	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9
kJ	132	129	127	73	22	24	45	27	26	20	11	77	75	72	79	48	48	49	47	46	30	29	29	28
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 10	S 10	SSW 13	S 10	S 10	SSW 7	ENE 7	SE 13	SSE 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	S 6	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 16
kJ	82	78	72	18	71	49	20	19	44	65	53	51	46	44	44	45	13	39	42	43	43	26	16	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 2	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 6	SSW 6	SW 7	SSW 8	SSW 7	SSW 6	—	SSW 6	SSW 6	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 5	NE 5	—	—	NE 2	ENE 3	ENE 4
kJ	1	7	12	18	49	75	76	27	30	—	33	23	—	—	—	—	—	5	7	—	—	1	1	11
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	White Clay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	110	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	639	241	39	0	0	0	0	292	292
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Cintsa East	Mntafufu	Cintsa East	Haga-Haga	Haga-Haga	Haga-Haga	Haga-Haga	Haga-Haga	Igoda			Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)	Haga-Haga	Haga-Haga	Haga-Haga	Haga-Haga
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Vleesbaai Overberg	Hout Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Hout Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5
Header Global	Burleigh Heads Australia	Papatowai New Zealand	Currumbin Point Australia	Papatowai New Zealand	Saint Leu Reunion	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Cannibal Bay New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Chameau Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Etang-Sale Reunion	Chameau Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Arrawarra Australia	The Hoek South Africa	Hell South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa
Rating (10 max)	6	7	6	5	5	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5

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