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Altona Pier surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 10 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
20.9° C
 (Which is 3.6°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 9PM is: 1.0m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
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 (?)
0.3
SSW
0.8
SW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.1
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)114547664444448888344441910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2521482535322813141414108565581156678
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
35
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SW
20
SSW
30
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
SW
5
S
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06PM
0.68
9:14AM
0.79
9:54PM
0.67
9:44AM
0.78
10:44PM
0.65
10:15AM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
0.18
2:58AM
0.23
3:43PM
0.16
3:33AM
0.29
4:23PM
0.15
4:09AM
0.34
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise------6:09-------6:11-------6:11-
Sunset--8:45-------8:45-------8:45-----
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232317161414141516151514131212151918181716151619
Feels °C (?)16151011101099109109899141513151515151618
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