Raffs Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Victoria – Torquay, Australia)
Photo credit: Darren Evans
Photo credit: Darren Evans
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Raffs Beach Spot ID: Type: beach Reliability: fairly consistent Best: Swell SSW | Wind N Sea Temperature Today is: 16.3 °C |
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 23:16 Local time
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Raffs Beach in Qeenscliff is an exposed beach break that has quite consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the north. Clean groundswells prevail and the ideal swell direction is from the south southwest. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Watch out for rocks.
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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs |
Tide Times:For Port Phillip Heads, Australia, 10 miles from Raffs Beach.
Raffs Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart Live Weather:At Geelong Airport, 16 km from Raffs Beach.
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Overall Raffs Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May
This image illustrates the range of swells directed at Raffs Beach through an average M... (show all text) 
The graph describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directi... (show all text) The two graphs above are also combined in the single Raffs Beach surf consistency graph. Also see Raffs Beach surf quality by season and Raffs Beach surf quality by month. |
Raffs Beach Location Maps
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Use this relief map to navigate to VIC - Torquay surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Raffs Beach
Visitor Reviews of Raffs Beach |
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Raffs Beach:(click location name for more details) |
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| Closest break | 13th Beach-The Bluff | 1 mi |
| Second closest break | 13th Beach-The Beacon | 2 mi |
| Third closest break | Point Lonsdale | 6 mi |
| Fourth closest break | Bancoora | 6 mi |
| Fifth closest break | Point Impossible | 7 mi |
Wave buoys nearest to Raffs Beach: |
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| Closest wave buoy | W Hawaii Buoy | 5349 mi |
| Second closest wave buoy | SW Hawaii Buoy | 5376 mi |
| Third closest wave buoy | NW Hawaii Buoy | 5510 mi |
| Fourth closest wave buoy | NW Hawaii Buoy | 5566 mi |
| Fifth closest wave buoy | N Hawaii 1 Buoy | 5884 mi |
Tide stations nearest to Raffs Beach: |
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| Closest tide station | Port Phillip Heads | 6 mi |
| Second closest tide station | Geelong | 12 mi |
| Third closest tide station | Loutit Bay | 34 mi |
| Fourth closest tide station | Melbourne | 35 mi |
| Fifth closest tide station | Stony Point | 39 mi |
Ski Resorts closest to Raffs Beach: |
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| Closest ski area | Mt Donna Buang (Australia) | 75 mi |
| Second closest ski area | Lake Mountain (Australia) | 93 mi |
| Third closest ski area | Mount Baw Baw (Australia) | 101 mi |
| Fourth closest ski area | Mt St Gwinear (Australia) | 103 mi |
| Fifth closest ski area | Mount Buller (Australia) | 132 mi |
Town and city forecasts close to Raffs Beach: |
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| Closest city location | Geelong (Australia) | 9 mi |
| Second closest city location | Geelong West (Australia) | 14 mi |
| Third closest city location | Hoppers Crossing (Australia) | 30 mi |
| Fourth closest city location | Frankston East (Australia) | 35 mi |
| Fifth closest city location | Melton (Australia) | 42 mi |
- The closest passenger airport to Raffs Beach is Avalon Airport (AVV) in Australia, 27 km (17 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Raffs Beach is Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW), also in Australia, 62 km (39 miles) away.
- Third is Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB) in Australia, 71 km (44 miles) away.
- Melbourne International Airport (MEL) in Australia is 74 km (46 miles) away.
- Albury Airport (ABX), also in Australia is the fifth nearest airport to Raffs Beach and is 329 km (204 miles) away.
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