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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 20 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
24.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 7AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (20 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.2
E
1.6
E
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
NE
1.7
ENE
1.8
NE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010141414131313141213131313667778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)130133138104104146276280284324187268268490878229207278262321169147151127
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
10
S
5
SW
5
SSW
10
NW
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
35
ENE
15
ESE
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49AM
1.60
4:54PM
1.62
5:19AM
1.65
5:24PM
1.61
5:50AM
1.67
5:55PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36PM
0.07
10:50AM
0.17
11:04PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.16
11:33PM
0.03
11:54AM
0.17
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---5:16-------5:16-------5:18----
Sunset------7:10-------7:09-------7:09-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------------5-
Temp. °C191918212322212120201820222323222019192327282423
Feels °C (?)191816181918182021211719191817181818192326252520
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