Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banzai today (08 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Banzai at 11PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
| Evening (08 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Banzai. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 10°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sat night, strong winds from the NE by Sun night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 8 | Sunday 9 | Monday 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | SSE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 45 | 41 | 34 | 48 | 63 | 61 | 63 | 113 | 138 | 108 | 113 | 264 | 6 | 575 | 601 | 525 | 455 | 312 | 221 | 154 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:06PM1.52m | 4:56AM1.00m | 5:11PM1.61m | 6:03AM1.06m | 6:09PM1.71m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:05PM0.28m | 10:25AM0.38m | 00:08AM0.16m | 11:31AM0.33m | ||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  | | | | |  | |  | | |  | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:21 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 15 |
Feels °C | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | E 14 | SSE 8 | E 14 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | 45 | 41 | 34 | 48 | 63 | 61 | 63 | 113 | 138 | 108 | 113 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 601 | 525 | 455 | 312 | 221 | 154 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | S 6 | NE 4 | S 6 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | E 14 | SE 9 | E 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | E 13 |
| kJ | 32 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | E 8 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | ENE 10 | S 6 | SSE 8 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 13 | S 13 | S 8 | — | S 13 | — | — | S 12 |
| kJ | 15 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | NE 3 | NE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | N 3 | ENE 9 | NE 6 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NNW 4 | NW 4 | WNW 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 264 | 316 | 575 | 1083 | 22 | 28 | 35 | 45 | 29 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 50 | 392 | 86 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 353 | 353 | 552 | 47 | 154 | 131 | 114 | 96 | 22 |
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