Surf Forecasts:
White Rocks surf forecast from 25 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 25 Jul, 10PM (local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period, NW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 26 Jul, 4PM (local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 10s period, NW swell with 799 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 25 Jul, 10PM (local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with NW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for White Rocks this week:
The surf forecast for White Rocks over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 25) at 10PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.7m and 11s period. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at White Rocks in the next 16 days are 2.1m 10s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 26) at 4PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.4m 2s period and expected on Tuesday (Jul 28) at 10AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 10PM (Sat 25th Jul) | 5.5ft (1.7m) 11s |
| Best Surf | 10PM (Sat 25th Jul) | 5.5ft (1.7m) 11s |
| Most Powerful | 4PM (Sun 26th Jul) | 7ft (2.1m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for White Rocks over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Righto, Rusty here. Let’s break down what White Rocks is offering.
To be straight with you, the next week and a half is a grind. The swell pushes through at times but the wind just won’t play ball. There’s a long gap of poor conditions from now until the end of the month. The first few days are a mess – lumpy, cross-shore winds, no quality.
Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th – forget it. Swell around 7ft to 7ft from the NW, period around 10 seconds, but fresh cross winds and a strong WNW breeze on Sunday make it choppy and ugly. Combined energy is moderate (916 Saturday morning, then 804, 670, 710). Not worth paddling out.
Monday 27th July is the first real chance. The morning delivers a clean 4ft WNW swell with a light cross-offshore WSW breeze (combined energy 333). The afternoon is even better – 4ft NW swell, gentle SSW breeze, clean conditions (225 combined energy). This is your best bet across the whole run.
Tuesday 28th morning has a tiny 2ft WNW swell with light offshore southerly wind (81 energy) – clean but small. The arvo switches onshore – no good. Wednesday and Thursday are flat – 2ft to 1ft – not worth the drive.
Then Friday 31st July morning brings a bit of life: 4ft WNW swell, light offshore southerly, clean (231 combined energy). That’s the second decent window. The afternoon is cleaner but smaller at 3ft.
After that, it dries up through the first week of August. Swell drops to 0.7ft to 4ft but the wind is weak or messy. There’s a small bump on Wednesday 5th August afternoon at 4ft from the NW (107 energy), but the quality is still poor.
The end of the run, around Sunday 9th August, shows a bigger pulse: 6ft NW swell (388 energy) but with a fresh cross wind – lumpy and not clean. That’s more for kites than surfboards.
Water temp at White Rocks is about 58°, average for the season – nothing unusual.
So the honest call: Monday 27th July afternoon is your standout – clean, 4ft NW swell, light offshore-ish breeze – a proper session. Friday 31st July morning is the backup. Everything else is either too small, too windy, or both. No real standouts in the second week – just a couple of fleeting clean windows.
Stay patient, watch the forecasts, and when that Monday arvo glass-off hits, get out there.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sat night, light winds from the SW by Mon night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | WNW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | WNW 7 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | NW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 804 | 538 | 696 | 799 | 500 | 340 | 225 | 134 | 73 | 86 | 42 | 40 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 92 | 135 | 178 | 86 | 55 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | glassy | off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 5:43PM1.70m | 6:26AM1.55m | 6:23PM1.82m | 6:57AM1.59m | 6:56PM1.92m | 7:22AM1.65m | 7:26PM2.00m | 7:45AM1.70m | 7:53PM2.07m | 8:09AM1.75m | 8:21PM2.12m | 8:36AM1.78m | 8:51PM2.15m | |||||||
Low Tide | 11:40PM0.97m | 12:10PM0.83m | 00:35AM0.95m | 12:41PM0.77m | 1:17AM0.90m | 1:09PM0.70m | 1:46AM0.84m | 1:34PM0.62m | 2:10AM0.77m | 2:00PM0.53m | 2:35AM0.69m | 2:28PM0.47m | 3:03AM0.62m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — |
 | — | 9:43 | — | — | 9:42 | — | — | 9:39 | — | — | 9:37 | — | — | 9:36 | — | — | 9:34 | — | — | 9:32 |
mm | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Feels °C | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 11 | NW 11 | — | — | NW 10 | WNW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | — | WNW 5 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | NW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 |
| kJ | 804 | 538 | — | — | 500 | 340 | 225 | 134 | 73 | 86 | 42 | 40 | 22 | — | 11 | 92 | 135 | 178 | 86 | 55 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 10 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | E 3 | N 9 | WNW 7 | — | — | — | — | SE 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 9 | — | N 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 2 | NW 10 | NW 10 | — | WSW 2 | — | — | SW 2 | — | — | ESE 4 | — | W 8 | SW 3 | — | SW 2 | SW 2 | — | ESE 2 |
| kJ | — | 2 | 696 | 799 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 45 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 399 | 75 | 330 | 774 | 399 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 201 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 51 | 3 | 314 | 430 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
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