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Altona Pier surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 12 Mar 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 2.8°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 4PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (12 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

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

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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)7844410111112121212121212121919191918171718
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27030314117716116017413913913610046677674727168615959102
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
0
SE
10
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
0
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassonononcross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
0.75
10:17PM
0.70
9:30AM
0.72
11:00PM
0.67
10:08AM
0.68
11:52PM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:40PM
0.10
3:50AM
0.38
4:17PM
0.10
4:30AM
0.39
4:59PM
0.11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise7:15-------7:15-------7:16-------
Sunset---7:45-------7:44-------7:42----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516161514141414151717151413121113191918161515
Feels °C (?)109999889910121211111010912171516151515
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