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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 12 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
24.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 2PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 19s is not directed at the surf break, a second 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 (12 Jan)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
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
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2.3
ENE
3
ENE
Period(s) (?)888888888899998888888788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8666146308869748247093333172903633913262702101731731731441773893946521388
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
25
NE
40
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
30
NE
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
S
15
E
25
E
40
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:20AM
1.12
11:17PM
0.96
12:04PM
1.11
1:04AM
1.02
1:21PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00PM
0.68
5:05AM
0.69
6:47PM
0.63
6:52AM
0.65
7:51PM
0.54
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-5:09-------5:09-------5:09------
Sunset----7:13-------7:13-------7:12---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232628282725242323242626252424232324262727252524
Feels °C (?)242525252325262221232627272626242527272725242726
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