Buxton Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.25° S 148.02° E

Buxton Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Buxton Point sea temperature is
13.6°C
1.3° 

Buxton Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Buxton Point today (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Buxton Point at 10AM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (08 Oct)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
15
0.4
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
15
1.2
NE
4
1.4
NE
5
0.4
SSE
16
0.7
E
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
1.6
NE
5
1.8
NE
6
1.7
NE
6
1.5
NNE
5
1.6
NE
6
1.3
NE
7
1.8
NNE
7
1.3
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.8
NE
8
0.6
NNE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
83
79
77
45
44
59
90
86
94
136
163
154
124
209
182
133
176
138
303
207
217
60
69
41
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
15
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:24AM1.00m
7:17PM1.06m
8:02AM1.04m
8:14PM1.02m
8:39AM1.08m
9:10PM0.98m
Low Tide
00:59AM0.21m
1:14PM0.41m
1:42AM0.26m
2:09PM0.35m
2:23AM0.32m
3:01PM0.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:26
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Temp °C
7
6
7
12
15
14
10
9
7
7
9
16
22
21
15
11
11
13
17
18
21
21
15
12
Feels °C
4
3
5
8
10
9
6
6
4
4
6
12
17
15
12
8
9
11
14
11
16
16
12
9
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