Cable Station Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.00° S 115.74° E

Issued: 1 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cable Station Reef sea temperature is

20.6°C

Cable Station Reef 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 Cable Station Reef today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cable Station Reef at 5PM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.6m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	13s
Evening (05 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	15s

Table - waves today at Cable Station Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Fri night, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SSE by Sat night).
	Thu 5					Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 13	SW 13	SW 15	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	SW 11	WSW 11	SW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	SW 11	WSW 10
Wave Graph
kJ	520	1037	2237	1014	774	883	1255	1042	919	961	1019	458	597	522	414	365	293	261	437	186	149	115	95
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	SSW	SSW	SE	ESE	E	E	E	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				7:43PM0.51m					8:23AM0.33m			7:52PM0.58m					9:40AM0.29m				8:08PM0.63m
Low Tide		1:03PM0.28m					3:36AM0.22m			11:50AM0.30m					4:09AM0.17m			11:21AM0.29m					4:41AM0.13m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13
	—	—	6:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	6:46
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	19	19	19	19	16	14	16	23	24	23	26	19	16	15	17	21	19	19	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	15	13	13	14	14	11	9	11	19	20	17	22	14	11	12	14	18	14	14	14	15	16	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 13	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 15	SW 7	WSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	SW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	SW 11	WSW 10
kJ	520	280	1230	1014	210	883	1255	1042	919	722	618	458	597	522	414	365	293	261	230	186	149	115	95
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 16	—	—	—	WSW 14	SW 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	WSW 13
kJ	392	—	—	—	774	200	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 5	SW 13	SW 15	SSW 6	S 5	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	—	SW 13	SW 12	SSW 6	SE 4	ESE 4	E 3	E 3	—	SW 3	SW 11	SSW 5	SSW 5	SW 6	SW 6
kJ	33	1037	2237	268	61	11	16	15	—	961	1019	96	10	11	5	3	—	4	437	52	69	72	64
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	3	1	3	1	1	1
Distance (km)	145	2121	145	1729	1623	1	1	219	1	146	146	1	123	0	0	0	145	2016	2463	248	145	0	0
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Rating (10 max)						3	3		3			2	3	2	3	3						2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5

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