Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Ackergill today (20 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with NNE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with NNE swell.
The current surf forecast for Ackergill at 11PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 7s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Ackergill. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Thu afternoon, calm by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 7 | N 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | NE 7 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 8 | NE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 167 | 75 | 121 | 117 | 121 | 67 | 42 | 57 | 77 | 81 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 56 | 65 | 40 | 37 | 25 | 24 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 5:24PM2.69m | 6:01AM2.62m | 6:29PM2.62m | 7:25AM2.51m | 7:49PM2.63m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:11PM1.49m | 11:59AM1.55m | 00:56AM1.61m | 1:35PM1.65m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:40 | — |
mm | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Feels °C | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | NNE 9 | NE 7 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 8 | NE 8 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 67 | 42 | 57 | 77 | 81 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 56 | 65 | 40 | 37 | 25 | 24 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 7 | N 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NW 4 | NW 3 | NW 5 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 3 |
| kJ | 167 | 75 | 121 | 117 | 121 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1360 | 398 | 271 | 238 | 277 | 215 | 655 | 838 | 269 | 269 | 98 | 198 | 198 | 55 | 0 | 198 | 238 | 134 | 79 |
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