Whale Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.94° S 29.22° E

Whale Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Whale Rock sea temperature is
21.6° C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Whale Rock today (08 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 9PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (08 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (08 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Fri night).

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
3
2
3
4
4
2
2
4
4
4
5
5
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
1.6
SW
7
1.9
SSW
8
2.3
SSW
10
3
SSW
13
3.5
SSW
13
2.3
SSW
13
2.3
SSW
13
2.5
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
14
2.4
SSW
15
2.5
SSW
15
3
SSW
15
2.5
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
14
2.4
SSW
13
2.3
SSW
13
2.2
SSW
13
2.1
SSW
13
2
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
180
200
200
191
220
393
961
3365
3478
1723
1723
1837
1680
2347
3058
3197
2855
2540
2252
1989
1804
1568
1408
1259
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
WSW
10
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:00AM1.16m
9:47PM1.33m
10:24AM1.11m
11:11PM1.32m
12:00PM1.13m
00:35AM1.36m
Low Tide
3:07PM0.44m
4:19AM0.51m
4:26PM0.50m
5:48AM0.49m
5:57PM0.49m
7:07AM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:03
7:03
7:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:12
5:13
5:13
5:14
 mm
1
Temp °C
23
22
19
18
17
17
16
16
19
19
18
18
17
16
17
17
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
16
Feels °C
21
17
14
15
15
14
12
13
16
15
14
15
15
14
15
15
15
14
14
15
15
16
17
15
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