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Darbys ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 4.0
Difficulty level: 1.0
Crowds: 3.0

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Darbys Surf Forecast / Victoria – Wilsons Promontory / Australia

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 15 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012

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

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Swell Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.5
SSE
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Period (s) (?) 6 17 16 15 14 6 5 6 6 5 15 14 14 13 13 13 15 14
Surfscale
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Max-energy 170 135 119 113 51 54 74 99 44 30 83 52 49 62 56 25 84 52
Wind
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30
SSE 25
SSE 5
SW 20
WSW 25
SW 30
SW 35
WSW 30
SW 25
WSW 20
SW 20
SSW 15
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SSW 10
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WSW 10
SSW 5
E 20
ENE
Wind State (?) cross cross cross-
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glass off
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Darbys blow from the ENE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
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11:31PM
2.13
12:28PM
2.29

12:29AM
2.19

1:24PM
2.36
1:27AM
2.25

2:19PM
2.42
2:25AM
2.30

3:12PM
2.45
3:22AM
2.33

4:05PM
2.46

4:19AM
2.33
Low Tide
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5:35PM
0.46

5:56AM
-0.04
6:32PM
0.41

6:54AM
-0.11

7:30PM
0.33
7:50AM
-0.16

8:25PM
0.26
8:46AM
-0.17

9:20PM
0.19
9:41AM
-0.15

10:15PM
0.14

 

Note: the tide data above is for Great Glennie Island, Australia which is 12 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Darbys. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Darbys sea temperature is 14.6 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 14.7 max: 15.8 min: 13.4 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Mon afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (gales from the SE on Mon afternoon, light winds from the SW by Wed morning). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Sun morning).
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Summary cloudy some clouds some clouds clear some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs clear clear clear some clouds some clouds clear clear clear
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - -
High °C 11 11 10 10 12 12 11 12 12 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 12
Low °C 11 10 10 10 11 12 11 11 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 11
Chill °C (?) 8 8 9 7 9 9 8 9 10 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 10
Sunrise - - 7:26 - - 7:28 - - 7:28 - - 7:28 - - 7:28 - - 7:30
Sunset 16:59 - - 16:59 - - 16:59 - - 16:59 - - 16:58 - - 16:58 - -
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