Arrawarra 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.06° S 153.20° E

Issued: 4 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Arrawarra sea temperature is

21.1°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 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Arrawarra at 9AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Evening (16 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	0	1	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	380	373	334	314	300	421	126	171	456	456	408	361	321	314	272	272	294	241	246	241	183	179	176	168
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	E	E	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide	11:21PM1.05m				12:05PM1.49m				11:58PM0.94m				12:55PM1.40m				00:58AM0.84m					2:06PM1.32m
Low Tide			5:09AM0.37m				6:52PM0.58m				5:40AM0.48m					8:10PM0.65m			6:23AM0.59m					10:01PM0.64m


	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	2	1	1	—	1	—	1	1	1	1	—	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	18	17	17	16	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	18	17
Feels °C	15	14	14	13	14	15	14	15	14	15	15	14	15	14	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	E 8	E 8	E 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	380	22	23	41	300	269	126	171	456	456	408	361	321	314	272	272	294	241	246	241	183	179	176	168
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	ENE 8	E 10	SSE 14	E 9	E 9	SE 11	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 6	E 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	ENE 8
kJ	22	23	8	18	43	41	64	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	25	24	99	40	41	98	72	77
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ENE 10	N 9	SSE 13	SE 13	SE 13	E 9	—	—	—	SSE 12	S 17	—	SE 13	SE 12	SE 12	E 9	E 9	S 13	ENE 10	E 10	SE 11	ENE 10	ESE 12
kJ	—	20	2	18	27	58	41	—	—	—	60	6	—	45	40	6	38	38	3	32	48	56	30	14
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	—	SSE 10	ESE 6	SE 7	—	ENE 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	—	—	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	—	—	ENE 8
kJ	—	373	334	314	—	421	88	127	—	14	25	28	27	22	30	30	—	—	43	34	44	—	—	88
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	72	0	0	72	163	0	163	72	72	0	0	52	163	163	163	13	0	0	0	0	72	72	52	17
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	5	5

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