Apollo Bay surf break

Apollo Bay surfForecast / VIC – Cape Otway / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 AEDT
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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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Apollo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Apollo Bay at 4AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (27 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


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Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
0
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
1
SW
3
SSW
3
S
3
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.1
SW
1
SW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
2.2
SW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)81499988813131212121213121212121616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54740012321405115074168252642432117641450244172347141198094994919572274208818461693
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
35
SSW
35
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34PM
1.82
7:12AM
2.00
6:16PM
1.67
8:19AM
1.81
7:17PM
1.50
9:56AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
0.16
12:59PM
1.05
12:59AM
0.39
2:11PM
1.15
2:08AM
0.65
4:34PM
1.13
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise----7:33-------7:33-------7:35---
Sunset-------7:27-------7:24-------7:23
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1121------11111---------
Temp. °C131212131314151414141515161616161515151314151616
Feels °C (?)533457889101211131313121212131112131415
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