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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 14 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
23.2° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 3PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (14 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.9
E
2.1
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.8
S
2.1
S
2
S
2.1
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.3
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)8888878891099777881110108888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173177177212333310549524736508314216302403431537287771555326210221190191
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
10
N
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
1.18
2:03AM
1.12
2:12PM
1.27
2:44AM
1.24
2:51PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:52AM
0.65
7:51PM
0.54
7:56AM
0.56
8:34PM
0.42
8:40AM
0.45
9:08PM
0.32
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise-5:09-------5:11-------5:11------
Sunset----7:12-------7:12-------7:12---
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------11121---1---1-
Temp. °C232327272725252524232425232222222121212221212221
Feels °C (?)262628272626292321182021212021212020212220222323
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