Buxton Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.25° S 148.02° E

Issued: 3 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Buxton Point sea temperature is

13.4°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 (02 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Buxton Point at 6AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	14s
Afternoon (02 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Evening (02 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 2								Saturday 3								Sunday 4
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSW 14	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	S 14	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SSE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	44	37	30	36	37	113	71	71	69	66	97	76	60	117	145	228	326	407	399	375	412	374	395	170
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	S	SE	ESE	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off
High Tide	00:45AM0.90m				12:02PM1.18m					1:52AM0.88m				1:01PM1.18m				3:58AM0.88m				2:05PM1.16m
Low Tide			5:50AM0.54m					7:15PM0.12m			6:48AM0.56m					8:18PM0.12m				7:53AM0.57m				9:20PM0.13m


	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	9	9	10	13	14	13	10	7
Feels °C	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	5	8	9	9	7	4
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	SSE 4	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 14	SSE 14	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	E 8
kJ	44	37	30	30	11	32	31	30	45	51	97	65	60	117	145	228	326	407	399	375	412	374	395	167
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	NE 8	SSE 14	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	—	S 6	NE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 15	SSW 15	SSE 15	SSE 17
kJ	15	20	18	36	32	66	71	71	69	66	—	2	23	12	13	41	40	40	40	70	112	79	46	97
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 14	—	—	—	SSE 14	SSW 14	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 8	S 8	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSW 14	NE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	S 15	S 20	SSW 17
kJ	21	—	—	—	37	113	23	6	7	5	20	5	41	41	41	40	3	7	7	6	6	115	8	170
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 6	S 5	S 5	SSE 4	—	SSE 4	SE 3	E 3	—	—	ENE 8	ENE 7	—	—	—	SSE 8	S 8	S 14	S 5	S 5	SSW 4	SSW 5	SW 4	SSE 7
kJ	48	27	21	16	—	7	6	3	—	—	64	76	—	—	—	12	11	200	44	71	41	48	7	157
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	4	1	1	5	3	4	3	1	3	2	2	2	5	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	149	7	61	238	102	102	76	61	76	76	76	76	316	590	76	76	36	36	80	384	384	384
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	4	4	4		3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			3	3	4	4	3
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