Whale Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.94° S 29.22° E

Whale Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Whale Rock sea temperature is
20.5° C
0.3° 

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 (15 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Whale Rock at 10PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)--
Afternoon (15 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (15 Jul)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sat morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
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
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
3
3
4
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
E
10
1.6
E
10
1.7
E
11
1.6
E
11
1.6
E
11
2
SW
9
1.4
E
11
1.3
E
11
1.3
E
10
0.9
SSW
14
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1.1
E
10
1.1
E
10
1.1
E
10
0.9
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
12
1.1
SSW
11
1
SSW
11
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
1
S
13
1.2
S
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
514
535
639
588
588
693
442
375
354
303
290
284
239
237
237
237
269
359
313
230
158
158
342
427
Wind (km/h)
15
S
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
SSE
15
SSE
5
SE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
5
SSW
15
S
Wind State
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross
cross
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
High Tide
4:42PM1.68m
4:55AM1.65m
5:23PM1.71m
5:33AM1.60m
6:02PM1.69m
6:10AM1.52m
Low Tide
10:48PM0.10m
11:05AM0.00m
11:30PM0.13m
11:42AM0.03m
00:10AM0.19m
12:17PM0.09m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:01
7:01
7:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:16
5:16
5:17
 mm
Temp °C
19
18
17
17
17
17
19
19
18
18
17
16
16
16
19
20
19
18
16
17
17
18
22
22
Feels °C
17
17
16
15
15
15
18
18
18
19
17
15
15
14
18
19
19
18
15
16
15
15
19
19
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