Arrawarra 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.06° S 153.20° E

Issued: 4 am 16 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Arrawarra sea temperature is

22.2°C

Arrawarra surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Arrawarra today (16 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Arrawarra at 9AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 16). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (16 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Mon morning, min 17°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thu 19
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	S 7	S 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 10	SE 6	ESE 6	E 10	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 15
Wave Graph
kJ	79	79	50	49	48	69	330	357	255	208	107	84	124	96	82	45	51	49	47	41	116	101	90	87	87	112
Wind (km/h)	S	SSW	SSW	S	SE	SE	S	SSE	S	S	SW	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	E	WNW	NW	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross
High Tide	00:53AM0.87m				1:20PM1.42m					2:24AM0.86m				2:25PM1.35m				4:03AM0.94m				3:35PM1.32m
Low Tide			6:04AM0.56m					8:47PM0.54m			7:13AM0.66m					9:54PM0.50m				8:54AM0.71m				10:46PM0.42m


	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	7:22
mm	—	—	—	—	1	6	14	6	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	20	22	21	20	19	18	18	18	17	20	21	21	20	20	20	19	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	18
Feels °C	20	19	18	20	19	20	17	15	15	16	14	17	18	19	18	19	21	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 8	E 8	SE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	48	30	50	49	48	69	96	31	32	32	70	68	30	29	82	44	51	46	47	32	116	101	90	87	87	65
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NNE 6	NE 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 8	E 8	E 10	SSE 10	E 10	ESE 6	S 8	S 8	E 10	E 9	S 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 15	SSE 15	S 15
kJ	79	79	16	15	10	4	5	33	31	31	31	29	18	30	45	35	37	49	45	41	29	18	16	77	75	112
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 18	NE 11	NE 11	S 17	NE 11	NE 10	S 17	E 10	E 10	NE 10	NE 10	SSE 9	E 10	E 8	E 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 6	SSE 6	E 10
kJ	6	6	6	6	5	4	23	5	4	6	31	31	4	4	29	45	30	30	33	31	20	37	39	13	13	18
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	S 3	S 4	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	S 7	S 6	SE 6	SE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 6	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	5	24	40	58	86	330	357	255	208	107	84	124	96	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	52	52	28	66	106	111	0	0	13	72	72	0	0	0	0	0	72	52	52	52	29	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	3	3	3	4	2	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	4	4	3	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	4	5	8	9	8	9	9	9	7	9	8	6	7	8	7	5	5	5	5	6	9	9	9

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