Apollo Bay surf break

Apollo Bay surfForecast / VIC – Cape Otway / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 18 Aug 2025 AEST
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Apollo Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Apollo Bay sea temperature is
14.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Apollo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Apollo Bay at 4AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (18 Aug)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (18 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

Table - waves today at Apollo Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121116161615141716161616161616161716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)939763731717724619576602619827970114913921751143213631096993900916916823929712
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
0
NE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
1.82
7:31PM
1.93
5:57AM
1.69
8:56PM
1.86
6:50AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
1.07
12:10PM
0.14
12:57AM
1.23
1:06PM
0.28
2:40AM
1.34
2:24PM
0.43
Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Sunrise---7:07-------7:07-------7:05----
Sunset-----5:50-------5:51-------5:52--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1010101111111111111010101212999881115151211
Feels °C (?)66567888878888666558131298
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for VIC - Cape Otway

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Apollo Bay (calm at Ferguson 19 km from Apollo Bay). 1.7m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.1m 12s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.5m 3s local chop from the SSE. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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SW
0.0
14.1
Air / Water (°C)
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