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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 09 Feb 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
25.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 6AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (09 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (09 Feb)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
1
SE
1
SSE
1
SE
0.7
E
1.2
E
1.3
S
1.6
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)866686131212131313121212777788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)666668687198556812446468633623453371341262248206258196245280286250
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
0
SSE
5
NNE
5
N
10
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
WSW
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
15
NE
15
N
10
NW
10
W
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
ESE
15
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
onglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
1.25
7:44PM
1.08
8:17AM
1.11
8:33PM
0.94
10:11AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20AM
0.44
1:54PM
0.57
1:52AM
0.59
2:47PM
0.70
2:50AM
0.73
5:55PM
0.76
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise---5:35-------5:35-------5:37----
Sunset------6:59-------6:58-------6:57-
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
311---------------------
Temp. °C232323242627272625252525273029272524232528282725
Feels °C (?)272726282929292929293028303230282726242729303029
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