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Altona Pier surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 17 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
19.5° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 5PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.7
ESE
0.2
S
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.2
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.5
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)44124444137777748777767776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)231311202529171210992354111111105761831158
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
E
5
SE
10
SW
15
S
30
ESE
20
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
15
S
20
S
25
SE
20
SE
10
SE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:05PM
0.64
3:55AM
0.67
2:08PM
0.61
4:44AM
0.68
3:16PM
0.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
0.47
8:32PM
0.09
9:29AM
0.45
9:29PM
0.06
10:32AM
0.41
10:22PM
0.04
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise6:16-------6:16-------6:18-------
Sunset----8:44-------8:43-------8:43---
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172125252119171616202427242019191823262825201817
Feels °C (?)121821191514141313192224191718161521222321171718
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