Trafalgar Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.68° S 30.51° E

Trafalgar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Trafalgar sea temperature is
21.8°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Trafalgar today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 22s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Trafalgar at 1PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (06 Sep)2ft (0.6m)22s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Sun morning, strong winds from the NE by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
E
10
1.1
E
10
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
9
0.6
SSW
22
1
S
22
1.6
S
20
2.5
S
18
3
S
17
2.5
S
16
2.3
S
16
2
S
15
1.8
S
14
1.6
S
14
1.5
S
14
1.3
S
13
1
S
12
1
S
12
0.8
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
11
0.8
S
11
0.8
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
234
225
211
202
220
394
943
1978
4657
4959
3772
2609
1841
1321
998
828
569
284
279
147
158
157
164
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:13PM1.09m
00:53AM1.21m
1:34PM1.29m
1:53AM1.38m
2:20PM1.50m
Low Tide
5:31AM0.68m
6:26PM0.65m
7:16AM0.52m
7:44PM0.47m
8:05AM0.33m
8:29PM0.29m
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:07
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:44
5:45
5:45
 mm
1
4
3
2
Temp °C
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
16
17
17
18
18
18
18
18
17
16
17
20
21
20
18
18
Feels °C
19
19
17
17
16
16
16
15
16
15
15
13
12
13
13
12
12
13
14
15
15
14
15
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