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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 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
20.8° 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 8AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 15). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (15 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (15 Sep)6ft (1.8m)6s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.8
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)81051010566777789999991010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8222735355264131282997069575462321717178877817
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
SW
30
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
35
WSW
50
SSW
60
SSW
45
SW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
S
15
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06PM
1.16
9:03AM
1.01
10:40PM
1.02
12:23PM
1.05
12:57AM
1.12
1:35PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
0.63
3:25PM
0.70
5:40AM
0.68
6:46PM
0.65
7:20AM
0.53
7:50PM
0.49
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise---6:01-------6:01-------6:00----
Sunset------5:53-------5:54-------5:55-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717202526262220181821252018161514131518171717
Feels °C (?)1616161923252417161716181710768881114131415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at White Clay (light winds from the N at Coffee Bay 4 km from White Clay). 0.9m 10s swell from the ENE with a 0.8m 10s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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