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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 19 Apr 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 2PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (19 Apr)8ft (2.4m)8s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.8
NE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
E
0.9
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)567788888899998888956669
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)492141442514116282571551531018061594269696915144525282014
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
15
N
15
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
10
N
25
W
30
WSW
30
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
S
20
S
10
SSE
5
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
5
ENE
10
SSE
15
S
10
SW
15
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
1.64
5:13AM
1.73
5:34PM
1.55
5:52AM
1.58
6:16PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
-0.03
10:58PM
0.03
11:26AM
0.07
11:37PM
0.15
12:05PM
0.20
12:21AM
0.31
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-6:26-------6:26-------6:26------
Sunset----5:37-------5:37-------5:36---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191924272626262422222523232019191818222322201817
Feels °C (?)161722252427211814131615181717161516222219181512
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