Brak River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.10° S 22.14° E

Issued: 1 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Brak River sea temperature is

16.6° C

Brak River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Brak River today (21 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brak River at 4PM is: 2.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Jul)	5.5ft (1.7m)	15s
Afternoon (21 Jul)	7.5ft (2.3m)	14s
Evening (21 Jul)	7.5ft (2.3m)	13s

Table - waves today at Brak River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 21					Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	5
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SSW 18
Wave Graph
kJ	1578	2064	2099	1807	1699	1359	1112	956	948	967	835	710	711	394	546	807	882	1027	1234	1065	2760
Wind (km/h)	S	SE	SE	ENE	NE	NE	W	WNW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	NW	N	NW	NW	NW	WSW	W	SW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off
High Tide	8:18AM1.42m				8:59PM1.56m				9:19AM1.31m				10:08PM1.47m				10:52AM1.25m
Low Tide			2:10PM0.68m				3:19AM0.83m				3:10PM0.80m				4:49AM0.87m				4:42PM0.88m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	1
Temp °C	15	16	14	13	13	13	13	12	15	16	15	13	13	12	12	12	17	16	13	13	13
Feels °C	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	10	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	14	11	11	11	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 12	SW 11	ESE 12	ESE 12	SW 11	SSW 12
kJ	1578	2064	2099	1807	1699	1359	1112	956	948	967	835	710	711	394	546	807	882	127	125	1065	1299
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	SW 12	SW 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	SE 7	S 21	SSW 20	SSW 18
kJ	317	275	260	225	214	180	183	186	186	151	151	157	240	216	133	129	127	9	80	640	2760
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	S 23	—	ESE 12	ESE 12
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	104	213	198	189	186	24	23	15	10	—	94	93
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	WSW 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 11	SW 11	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1027	1234	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	5
Distance (km)	0	187	60	39	21	21	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	115	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	8	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	6	9

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