- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
White Clay Surf Forecast
/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
White Clay surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 30 May 2026 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at White Clay today (31 May):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (31 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (31 May, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for White Clay at 1AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 30). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (31 May) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (31 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
| Evening (31 May) | 4ft (1.2m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at White Clay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Mon night, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 1 | Tue 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | SE 8 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 7 | E 9 | E 9 | |
130 | 123 | 107 | 101 | 84 | 67 | 55 | 55 | 59 | 77 | 110 | 69 | 61 | 47 | 31 | 40 | 45 | 119 | 127 | 120 | 95 | 69 | 37 | 73 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross | |
High Tide | 3:20PM1.42m | 3:29AM1.52m | 3:52PM1.44m | 4:00AM1.52m | 4:24PM1.44m | 4:32AM1.49m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:17PM0.28m | 9:41AM0.20m | 9:49PM0.27m | 10:12AM0.20m | 10:22PM0.28m | 10:44AM0.21m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — |
 | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:06 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 22 |
18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 19 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 16 | SSW 14 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | ENE 6 | E 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | E 9 | E 9 |
 kJ | 130 | 123 | 107 | 101 | 84 | 67 | 55 | 55 | 212 | 186 | 67 | 43 | 24 | 26 | 156 | 138 | 126 | 61 | 78 | 53 | 40 | 69 | 37 | 73 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 15 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | E 9 | SW 13 | ENE 6 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 183 | 154 | 154 | 151 | 147 | 133 | 131 | 131 | 35 | 35 | 178 | 120 | 113 | 148 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 120 | 81 | 76 | 37 | 84 | 19 | 14 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 3 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | — | — | ESE 10 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SW 13 | SE 8 | SW 12 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | — | — | 9 | 36 | 39 | 44 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 85 | 14 | 77 | 69 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NE 2 | NNE 3 | NE 3 | ENE 3 | NE 3 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | — | — | SSW 5 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 59 | 77 | 110 | 69 | 61 | 47 | 25 | 40 | 45 | 119 | 127 | 120 | 95 | — | — | 70 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 292 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 292 | 292 | 129 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 183 | 183 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 292 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our White Clay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest