Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Trafalgar today (25 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Trafalgar at 9PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (25 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 9s |
| Evening (25 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Trafalgar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 22°C on Mon night, min 19°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SE on Tue morning, calm by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 25 | Monday 26 | Tuesday 27 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 6 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 8 | S 8 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 202 | 276 | 325 | 113 | 79 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 57 | 51 | 96 | 145 | 228 | 289 | 289 | 846 | 1180 | 1044 | 587 | 446 | 376 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 3:06PM1.85m | 3:24AM1.71m | 3:39PM1.89m | 3:57AM1.73m | 4:13PM1.88m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:51AM0.06m | 9:19PM-0.01m | 9:24AM-0.00m | 9:51PM-0.05m | 9:58AM-0.02m | 10:25PM-0.03m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  | |  | | |  | | | |  |  |  |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
Feels °C | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | S 9 | SSE 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | S 11 | NE 7 | NE 7 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
| kJ | 28 | 33 | 34 | 69 | 62 | 46 | 36 | 74 | 57 | 51 | 36 | 145 | 228 | 289 | 79 | 7 | 16 | 1044 | 587 | 446 | 376 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SE 5 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | NE 7 | E 8 | SSW 9 | S 9 | NE 7 | S 9 | S 8 |
| kJ | 24 | 16 | 16 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 76 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 104 | 8 | 225 | 177 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | S 14 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 7 | NE 7 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 | SSE 11 | NE 7 | NE 7 | E 8 | — | — | NE 7 | SW 9 | NE 7 | NE 7 |
| kJ | 12 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 6 | — | — | 7 | 12 | 23 | 13 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 6 | — | — | — | — | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | — | — | — | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | — | S 9 | — | — |
| kJ | 202 | 276 | 325 | 113 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 34 | 96 | — | — | — | 289 | 846 | 1180 | — | 262 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 181 | 226 | 226 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 259 | 801 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 259 | 1133 | 117 | 114 | 52 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South 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 Trafalgar 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