Buxton Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.25° S 148.02° E

Issued: 10 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Buxton Point sea temperature is

15.2°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):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 14s period with S swell.
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 3AM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	14s
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 5mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 6°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 5		Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 16	S 14	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	9	9	9	21	14	42	72	72	71	70	70	69	37	36	104	117	133	138	104	35
Wind (km/h)	NE	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WSW	SW	W	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide	6:09PM0.94m				6:46AM1.08m				7:11PM0.90m				7:23AM1.11m					8:11PM0.87m
Low Tide			00:17AM0.33m				1:15PM0.35m				00:57AM0.40m					2:05PM0.29m			1:37AM0.46m


	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	7:58
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	2	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	11	11	10	14	18	18	14	10	9	8	6	9	11	11	10	9	7	6	6
Feels °C	10	9	8	7	10	14	15	10	5	4	3	1	4	6	6	4	3	1	1	1
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 4	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 15	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 13
kJ	7	8	8	5	10	10	72	25	26	26	25	25	24	26	26	24	24	13	13	35
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 4	SSE 15	ENE 9	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	ENE 9	N 8	—	—	SSE 13	E 8
kJ	4	9	9	10	2	42	15	72	71	70	70	69	37	36	26	1	—	—	17	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	S 15	S 15	S 16	S 14	SSE 4	E 7	N 6	N 6	NE 6	N 5	N 5	N 6	—	N 8	—	—	—	S 14	ENE 9
kJ	9	4	4	21	14	2	4	6	1	1	5	2	1	—	1	—	—	—	32	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	WNW 2	WNW 3	NW 3	NNW 2	SW 2	SW 4	SW 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	—	—	—	1	3	1	1	2	20	15	15	28	30	37	104	117	133	138	104	86
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	5	1	1
Distance (km)	76	76	76	76	61	0	0	80	0	0	0	0	80	85	952	1192	709	238	61	61
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1					1	3
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	3	4	3	4	7	4	5	4	5	4	4	1	3	3	5	2	5
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Rating (10 max)	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5

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