Altona Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.87° S 144.83° E

Altona Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Altona Pier sea temperature is
14.4°C
1.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Altona Pier today (23 Sep):

  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Altona Pier at 12AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)--
Afternoon (23 Sep)--
Evening (23 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s

Table - waves today at Altona Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
15
0.5
S
15
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
186
181
172
159
109
70
68
64
63
36
35
35
35
35
0
0
0
0
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
5
SSE
0
ESE
5
NW
5
N
0
SSE
10
S
15
S
5
SSE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
Wind State
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
9:44PM0.63m
11:41AM0.60m
10:44PM0.58m
12:47PM0.59m
Low Tide
4:07PM0.39m
4:37AM0.13m
5:07PM0.37m
5:37AM0.15m
6:22PM0.35m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:16
6:17
 mm
Temp °C
11
10
8
7
7
11
15
16
14
13
12
12
13
18
24
25
23
21
Feels °C
7
8
7
5
5
10
12
12
12
12
11
10
10
15
21
21
23
21
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Altona Pier surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest