
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Battery Beach today (22 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Battery Beach at 10PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (22 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (22 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Battery Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu night, strong winds from the SSW by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 12 | SE 12 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 6 | S 8 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | S 9 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
319 | 319 | 408 | 263 | 236 | 202 | 167 | 167 | 304 | 290 | 208 | 179 | 743 | 1119 | 1896 | 2039 | 1985 | 1640 | 498 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:34PM1.41m | 10:13AM1.23m | 11:07PM1.35m | 12:17PM1.23m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:58PM0.77m | 4:10AM0.86m | 4:18PM0.88m | 6:01AM0.86m | 6:17PM0.89m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
5:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:17 | — | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
Feels °C | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 12 | SE 12 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SE 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | S 10 | S 9 |
319 | 319 | 229 | 136 | 117 | 93 | 77 | 167 | 304 | 290 | 208 | 106 | 103 | 79 | 60 | 60 | 43 | 996 | 498 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | ENE 7 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | NE 6 | SSW 12 | NE 7 | S 22 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 |
141 | 101 | 278 | 236 | 236 | 202 | 167 | 54 | 164 | 164 | 132 | 10 | 78 | 2 | 9 | 78 | 125 | 251 | 286 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 6 | E 9 | ENE 7 | E 9 | — | — | E 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 |
— | — | 99 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 158 | 41 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 42 | 40 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | SW 2 | SSW 4 | S 5 | — | — | SSW 3 | SSW 6 | S 8 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | — |
82 | 170 | 408 | 263 | 221 | 1 | 21 | 25 | — | — | 7 | 179 | 743 | 1119 | 1896 | 2039 | 1985 | 1640 | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 336 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 331 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 352 | 663 | 663 | 685 | 406 | 697 | 56 | 0 |
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