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Altona Pier surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 31 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Altona Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Altona Pier sea temperature is
22.5° C
 (Which is 4.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Altona Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Altona Pier at 11AM is: 0.2m 4s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Afternoon (31 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Evening (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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

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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.4
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)103444341145545579911111111111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8111187661220213459721911771601851574312512713226
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
S
20
S
30
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glassononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
0.66
12:17PM
0.72
3:21AM
0.68
1:43PM
0.68
4:22AM
0.70
3:19PM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
0.49
7:52PM
0.07
8:34AM
0.48
9:12PM
0.06
10:04AM
0.42
10:20PM
0.05
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise--6:31-------6:33-------6:33-----
Sunset------8:35-------8:34-------8:32-
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818212221191717161517181715151514131517171515
Feels °C (?)201920222017171414121211108688781011111011
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