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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 08 Mar 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
24.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at White Clay today?

The current surf forecast for White Clay at 10AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (08 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (08 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
4
4
4
3
2
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)812121212121212121212111211111066666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1221291987184017281756146212361256111390233238328422316110010790108121169243288
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
SE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
25
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
1.56
6:12PM
1.41
6:26AM
1.43
6:34PM
1.28
6:49AM
1.29
6:57PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.15
12:11PM
0.25
12:14AM
0.27
12:35PM
0.37
12:38AM
0.41
1:01PM
0.50
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise---5:56-------5:58-------5:58----
Sunset------6:30-------6:29-------6:27-
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C181717182021222121201920232423222018171924252422
Feels °C (?)161515171919191819181819191918181816161721212018
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