Met expectations of what recreates waves (7,8)

I believe the answer is:

weather forecast

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'met expectations of what recreates waves' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'of what recreates waves' is the wordplay.
'waves' indicates anagramming the letters.
'of'+'what'+'recreates'='ofwhatrecreates'
'ofwhatrecreates' is an anagram of 'WEATHER FORECAST'.

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(Other definitions for weather forecast that I've seen before include "Predicton" , "prediction" , "Met objective" , "item after news" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.

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