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Altona Pier surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 25 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
20.2° C
 (Which is 2.6°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 3PM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (25 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Evening (25 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wed
28
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 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
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.5
SE
0.3
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.4
SE
0.1
S
0.1
SE
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)55171735666666677222120204125164
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25154147471112771561415999875312086
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
E
5
NE
15
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
5
ENE
30
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
0.75
8:26PM
0.70
8:27AM
0.77
9:16PM
0.71
9:00AM
0.79
10:10PM
0.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
0.14
2:22AM
0.21
2:56PM
0.10
3:00AM
0.28
3:40PM
0.08
3:41AM
0.35
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wed
28
Sunrise6:24-------6:26-------6:26-------
Sunset----8:38-------8:38-------8:37---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192020211917161414192527262219192132394139272220
Feels °C (?)171817181614141313192324242118192129353938232220
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