Whale Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.94° S 29.22° E

Whale Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 22 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Whale Rock sea temperature is
22.1° C
1.3° 

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 (22 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 8AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (22 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (22 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Thu night, calm by Fri night).

Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
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
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
2
1
2
3
1
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
1
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
13
1.1
SE
12
1.1
SE
12
1
SE
12
0.9
ESE
12
0.9
SE
12
0.9
SE
12
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
7
1.8
SSW
8
2
SSW
8
2.2
SSW
10
2.2
SSW
10
1.2
SSW
18
1.5
SSW
16
2.2
SSW
16
2
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
610
712
569
434
358
357
287
251
209
205
322
307
285
540
206
171
428
581
1059
896
842
1223
2365
1842
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
N
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
S
15
S
25
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
30
SSW
20
S
5
SSW
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-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-off
cross
cross
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
8:56AM1.06m
9:43PM1.15m
10:27AM0.98m
11:22PM1.10m
12:30PM1.00m
Low Tide
2:59AM0.58m
2:59PM0.58m
4:14AM0.66m
4:23PM0.67m
6:05AM0.66m
6:21PM0.68m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
6:58
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:20
5:21
5:21
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
21
22
21
21
19
16
15
15
20
20
19
19
18
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
15
Feels °C
15
15
14
18
19
20
20
16
11
11
11
17
19
18
15
13
10
9
10
10
11
13
16
13
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