Altona Pier surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
13.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Altona Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Altona Pier at 2PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (18 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)18s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.1
S
0.2
SSW
0.7
N
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.8
WSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1313121211181141010999412141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57552928256002772217501131581651181011841308981
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
25
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
25
N
30
N
25
N
30
N
35
N
30
NNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:26AM
0.66
10:22PM
0.70
12:44PM
0.64
11:49PM
0.65
1:50PM
0.65
1:28AM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
0.12
4:35PM
0.44
5:32AM
0.15
6:08PM
0.41
6:55AM
0.17
7:45PM
0.35
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise6:16-------6:16-------6:13-------
Sunset---6:12-------6:13-------6:14----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1-1-------
Temp. °C914171918151414121721201699879121211111212
Feels °C (?)581013139775914131033202556666
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Altona Pier (strong winds from the WNW at SHIP4571 7 km from Altona Pier). A 0.6m groundswell from the S

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2 h 11 min ago

50 km/h
WNW
Cross-Off
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