Buxton Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.25° S 148.02° E

Issued: 4 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

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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 8AM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. 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 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 6°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	S 16	S 14	SSE 14	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 13	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	9	21	14	41	72	72	71	70	70	68	37	36	104	108	133	138	121	35	89	80	77	65	53	44	51	29
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	NW	W	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:46AM1.08m				7:11PM0.90m				7:23AM1.11m					8:11PM0.87m			7:57AM1.13m					9:07PM0.86m
Low Tide	00:17AM0.33m				1:15PM0.35m				00:57AM0.40m					2:05PM0.29m			1:37AM0.46m					2:52PM0.23m				2:16AM0.51m


	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43
	—	—	—	—	—	7:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:58	—	—	—	8:00
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	11	14	17	17	13	12	9	8	6	9	12	11	10	9	7	6	6	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	9
Feels °C	8	7	10	13	13	9	7	5	3	1	4	6	5	4	3	1	1	1	3	5	6	6	7	7	7	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	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	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 5	E 7
kJ	8	10	10	10	72	72	26	26	25	25	24	25	25	24	24	14	13	35	34	33	32	16	30	15	34	15
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	SE 4	SSE 4	SSE 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	ENE 9	N 8	—	—	SSE 13	E 8	E 8	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 12	SSE 12
kJ	9	5	2	41	15	25	71	70	70	68	37	36	26	1	—	—	17	5	5	8	6	6	6	6	28	28
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 16	S 14	SE 4	E 7	—	NE 6	S 6	N 5	N 5	—	—	N 8	—	—	—	S 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	ESE 7	S 8
kJ	4	21	14	1	4	—	1	3	1	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	32	8	8	5	1	1	1	4	9	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	WNW 2	NW 3	NW 2	—	SW 3	WSW 4	SW 3	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5
kJ	—	1	2	2	—	2	8	12	27	27	28	38	104	108	133	138	121	89	89	80	77	65	53	44	51	29
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	76	76	61	61	0	0	80	0	0	0	384	85	952	1243	730	590	61	61	61	80	483	381	102	49	0	0
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