Buxton Point surf break

Buxton Point surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
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Buxton Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Buxton Point sea temperature is
16.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Buxton Point today?

The current surf forecast for Buxton Point at 3PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
!
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
SSE
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
3
S
2.2
SSE
2.3
SE
Period(s) (?)1313141413131313141377999101010101111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5331115963153575896982543627248051051132514471430135113311292236011441304
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NW
35
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:41-------
Sunset---5:35-------5:34-------5:31----
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C101516171412121010111413111010101011131310876
Feels °C (?)611111042312475232224665543
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