Whale Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.94° S 29.22° E

Issued: 1 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Whale Rock sea temperature is

22.1° C

Whale Rock 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 Whale Rock today (21 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 6PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest 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)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s
Afternoon (21 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s
Evening (21 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu night).
	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)	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SE 12	SE 12	ESE 12	SSW 13	SE 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 7
Wave Graph
kJ	425	433	433	353	498	610	712	569	434	362	341	255	251	209	389	322	307	285	263	206	186
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	ESE	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	SW	SW	WSW	W	SSW	S	SSW	SW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	8:04AM1.18m				8:41PM1.26m				8:56AM1.06m				9:43PM1.15m				10:27AM0.98m
Low Tide			2:08PM0.45m				2:59AM0.58m				2:59PM0.58m				4:14AM0.66m				4:23PM0.67m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:21	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	16	21	23	21	20	18	16	15	15	20	19	19	19	17
Feels °C	17	17	18	17	16	14	14	14	18	20	20	18	14	11	10	12	18	17	17	15	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12
kJ	425	433	433	337	380	380	712	569	434	358	341	145	183	147	131	322	307	285	263	206	125
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SE 13	SE 12	SE 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	SE 12	SSW 14	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12
kJ	73	232	288	353	498	610	464	442	358	362	269	255	251	209	389	105	87	67	140	110	108
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 11	E 9	ESE 14	E 9	E 9	ENE 4	E 5	ENE 6	E 10	—	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SE 12	ESE 12	SSW 7	SE 12	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	151	66	15	80	7	7	6	19	34	2	—	215	249	164	205	180	68	142	52	47	34
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 7	—	SW 4	SSW 5	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 6	SSW 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	5	14	20	47	68	50	90	286	—	9	44	71	109	69	111	113	186
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Distance (km)	0	289	47	0	0	0	0	0	43	274	143	16	16	6	1	1	1	115	23	39	1
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Rating (10 max)	4		3	4	4	4	4	4	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	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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