Avalon-South 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.64° S 151.34° E

Issued: 4 am 16 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Avalon-South sea temperature is

21.2°C

Avalon-South 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 Avalon-South today (16 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Avalon-South at 9AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	6s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Evening (16 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Mon night). 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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	E 11	SSE 6	SSE 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5
Wave Graph
kJ	121	82	155	155	46	48	48	31	31	31	37	31	31	31	20	30	17	14	17	31	68	123	29	39	48	54
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	S	SSW	S	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	SSE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	1:50AM0.93m				1:25PM1.28m					2:53AM0.96m				2:20PM1.23m				3:53AM1.04m				3:20PM1.20m				4:44AM1.14m
Low Tide			6:54AM0.61m					8:32PM0.35m				8:02AM0.64m				9:22PM0.34m				9:18AM0.63m				10:09PM0.30m


	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	7:37
mm	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	16	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	19	20	19	18	18	18	17
Feels °C	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	16	16	17	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 9	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 13	S 13	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 12	S 11	S 11
kJ	82	82	55	43	46	48	298	193	203	247	201	160	129	98	90	70	52	49	206	206	260	148	311	243	160	112
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	E 10	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 5	E 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 6	ENE 6	S 13	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 10	S 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	S 15
kJ	8	11	11	23	23	23	48	20	20	14	13	28	31	31	17	20	14	87	15	15	68	53	29	27	28	74
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 15	NE 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	NE 6	E 10	N 11	—	S 15	E 10	E 10	ENE 6	E 10	E 10	N 10	E 11	N 10	NE 11	S 15	E 10
kJ	6	6	6	6	6	18	10	31	31	31	10	31	2	—	5	30	17	14	17	31	2	2	2	4	73	31
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 7	ESE 5	—	—	—	E 6	—	E 6	E 6	E 6	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	ENE 10	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5
kJ	121	150	155	155	232	333	20	—	—	—	37	—	20	20	20	—	—	—	—	—	1	123	23	39	48	54
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	45	45	96	96	96	401	132	0	0	0	0	7	45	45	48	12	2	2	2	10	10	10	10	10	4	4
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Rating (10 max)								2	2	2	2	2					1	1	2						1	1
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	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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