Buxton Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.25° S 148.02° E

Issued: 4 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Buxton Point sea temperature is

15.5°C

Buxton Point 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 Buxton Point today (06 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Buxton Point at 8PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (06 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Evening (06 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 6				Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	ENE 9	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 13	S 5	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	72	72	71	70	70	68	37	31	129	158	184	148	116	34	93	91	77	66	62	51	44	58
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross
High Tide			7:11PM0.90m				7:23AM1.11m					8:11PM0.87m			7:57AM1.13m					9:07PM0.86m
Low Tide					00:57AM0.40m					2:05PM0.29m			1:37AM0.46m					2:52PM0.23m				2:16AM0.51m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43
	—	7:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:58	—	—	—	8:00
mm	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	14	11	10	8	7	8	11	10	10	9	7	6	5	8	11	12	11	11	11	10	10
Feels °C	13	11	6	6	3	2	3	5	4	3	2	1	1	-1	2	5	7	5	6	7	6	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 15	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 13	E 9	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12
kJ	72	72	26	26	25	25	24	25	25	24	14	14	14	34	14	33	32	16	31	30	29	28
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	ENE 9	N 8	—	N 8	S 14	SSE 13	E 10	SSE 13	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 7	S 8
kJ	15	25	71	70	70	68	37	31	1	—	1	32	17	7	34	13	14	7	6	6	5	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	—	N 6	S 6	N 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 14	ENE 9	—	ENE 9	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 9	S 9
kJ	4	—	1	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32	8	—	15	1	1	4	4	6	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 2	SW 2	SW 3	SSW 3	SSW 6	SSW 5	SSW 4	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 5	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 6
kJ	1	2	4	4	29	26	22	60	129	158	184	148	116	86	93	91	77	66	62	51	44	58
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Tam O'Shanter TAS - North Coast	May's Point TAS - East Coast	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Salmon Hole SA - Yorke Peninsula	Moruya Breakwater NSW - Far South	Narooma Breakwall NSW - Far South	Seven Mile Beach and Point TAS - East Coast	Marion Bay TAS - East Coast	Seven Mile Beach and Point TAS - East Coast	Sealers Cove (Wilsons Promontory) VIC - East Coast	Sealers Cove (Wilsons Promontory) VIC - East Coast	Oberon Bay (Wilsons Promontory) VIC - East Coast	Kelpies TAS - East Coast	Carlton Rivermouth TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Little Swanport TAS - East Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	164	85	925	1252	730	696	80	61	80	384	384	381	102	76	0	7
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1		1					1	3	2				2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	1	3	2	3	2	5	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4

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