Trafalgar Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.68° S 30.51° E

Trafalgar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 19 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Trafalgar sea temperature is
22.3° C
0.8° 

Trafalgar 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 Trafalgar today (20 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Trafalgar at 1AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (20 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (20 Jul)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Mon night, fresh winds from the NE by Wed afternoon).

Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
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)
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSE
12
1.7
SSE
12
1.8
SE
12
1.9
SE
12
1.9
SE
12
2
SSE
12
1.9
SE
12
1.7
SE
12
1.7
SE
12
1.6
SE
12
1.6
SE
12
1.5
SE
12
1.4
SE
12
1.4
SE
12
1.4
SE
12
1.3
SE
12
1.3
SE
12
1.3
SE
12
1.2
SE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
625
782
933
1082
993
1197
1137
868
841
695
683
614
555
546
528
478
478
478
369
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
5
WNW
10
WNW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:17PM1.57m
7:22AM1.36m
7:55PM1.44m
8:02AM1.24m
8:39PM1.31m
Low Tide
1:25AM0.38m
1:28PM0.32m
2:06AM0.49m
2:08PM0.46m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
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Temp °C
20
19
18
17
17
17
19
19
19
18
16
15
15
15
19
20
19
19
18
Feels °C
19
19
17
14
14
14
16
16
18
17
14
14
14
14
18
19
18
19
18
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