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9:27 am 24 Mar 2012


Salmon Bay ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 4.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Salmon Bay Surf Forecast / Western Australia – Far South / Australia

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 07 am Tuesday 05 Jun 2012

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

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.6
SSW
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SW
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0.6
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Period (s) (?) 16 15 15 16 15 17 16 16 15 14 13 13 17 17 16 15 15 14
Surfscale
Wave
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Max-energy 169 116 79 85 78 74 125 118 104 93 63 40 46 72 100 154 174 164
Wind
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20
NE 20
ENE 30
NE 30
NE 30
NE 40
NE 35
NNE 40
NE 30
NNE 15
NW 10
W 15
NW 15
NW 5
NW 15
N 10
N 10
NE 20
NNE
Wind State (?) off cross-
off
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Salmon Bay blow from the NNE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
1.28

1:14AM
0.56
11:53AM
1.23

1:49AM
0.53
12:18PM
1.16

1:59AM
0.52
12:35PM
1.07

1:21AM
0.53
12:39PM
0.99

11:42PM
0.58
12:28PM
0.91


Low Tide
/ height (m)

7:29PM
0.35
3:24AM
0.54


8:15PM 3:02AM
0.40 0.52


9:01PM 2:54AM
0.46 0.52


9:36PM 3:19AM
0.52 0.53


9:21PM 3:43AM
0.57 0.57


8:56PM
0.59
 

Note: the tide data above is for Esperance, Australia which is 5 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Salmon Bay. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Salmon Bay sea temperature is 19.6 °C (Statistics for 05 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 18.1 max: 19.8 min: 17.2 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the NE by Thu night). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.
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Summary clear clear clear clear clear some clouds rain shwrs mod rain rain shwrs clear clear clear clear rain shwrs clear clear clear some clouds
Rain (mm) - - - - - - 1 8 1 - - - - 1 - - - -
High °C 15 17 16 15 18 16 14 12 12 14 17 17 16 18 18 17 19 17
Low °C 12 17 13 13 17 14 13 12 11 11 17 14 14 18 15 15 19 15
Chill °C (?) 14 16 14 13 17 14 11 9 8 13 17 17 15 18 18 17 19 16
Sunrise 6:50 - - 6:50 - - 6:52 - - 6:52 - - 6:52 - - 6:52 - -
Sunset - 16:50 - - 16:50 - - 16:50 - - 16:50 - - 16:50 - - 16:50 -
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Global Wavefinder Fare-left Easter-reef Trial-harbour Mullaway Dinner-plates Mullaway East-pier Fish-boma J-bay Uatotoka Uatotoka Cloudbreak Brak-river Arrawarra Arrawarra Arrawarra Canal_1 Bobs-beach
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Are you planning a holiday in The Far South? If you are looking for accommodation near Salmon Bay, camping, hotels and holiday cottages in The Far South, consider staying in Esperance which is 4 km (2 miles) away.