Buxton Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.25° S 148.02° E

Issued: 10 am 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 (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Buxton Point at 4PM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	5s
Evening (05 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 5						Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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)	1	0	0	0	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)	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 14	SSE 14	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 13	S 6	S 5
Wave Graph
kJ	64	53	35	18	9	9	9	10	14	41	42	72	71	70	72	70	63	61	124	158	139	54	121	97
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSE	ESE	ENE	NE	W	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	6:08AM1.04m				6:09PM0.94m				6:46AM1.08m				7:11PM0.90m				7:23AM1.11m					8:11PM0.87m
Low Tide			12:17PM0.42m				00:17AM0.33m				1:15PM0.35m				00:57AM0.40m					2:05PM0.29m			1:37AM0.46m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	—	—	7:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	7:58
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	15	15	14	13	12	12	10	14	18	19	13	11	9	8	7	9	11	10	10	9	7	6	5
Feels °C	9	12	11	10	11	9	9	6	10	15	16	7	6	4	3	2	4	6	4	4	2	2	1	-1
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 5	SE 5	SSE 4	SSE 5	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 15	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 14	SSE 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	18	9	9	18	7	7	8	10	10	10	42	25	26	26	25	70	63	25	26	25	24	13	13	14
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 12	E 7	S 5	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 14	ENE 9	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 15	ENE 9	ENE 8	SSE 14	ENE 9	N 8	—	S 13	SSW 11	SSE 13
kJ	3	3	3	9	4	9	9	4	2	41	15	72	71	70	72	25	24	61	30	1	—	54	23	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 8	NE 7	ENE 7	S 5	S 15	S 16	S 14	SSE 4	ENE 7	—	NNE 6	S 6	—	N 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 14	E 10
kJ	—	—	1	2	9	2	4	5	14	2	4	—	4	6	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	32	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	—	—	—	—	WNW 2	NW 3	NNW 3	NNW 2	SW 3	SW 4	SW 3	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 5
kJ	64	53	35	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	1	4	10	11	24	27	28	34	124	158	139	139	121	97
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Rating (10 max)	1	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	1	1
Distance (km)	0	691	102	97	76	76	76	76	61	0	0	80	0	0	0	0	384	85	891	870	709	238	80	61
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Rating (10 max)	1		1	2	2	2	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1		1					1	1
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