Carpenters Rocks Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.90° S 140.38° E

Carpenters Rocks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Carpenters Rocks sea temperature is
14.4°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Carpenters Rocks today (20 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Carpenters Rocks at 1PM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Sep)7ft (2.2m)15s
Afternoon (20 Sep)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (20 Sep)11ft (3.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Carpenters Rocks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Sun morning, light winds from the ENE by Tue morning).

Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
6
8
8
8
9
9
8
7
7
6
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2.2
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
12
4
SW
12
4.5
SW
14
4.5
SW
15
4.5
SW
14
4.5
SW
14
4.5
SW
14
4.5
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
15
4.5
SSW
16
4.5
SSW
16
4.5
SSW
16
4
SSW
15
4
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2465
2204
2004
1836
1811
4249
3212
3492
4961
7142
8242
8348
7617
7453
7346
6969
7840
10395
10395
9536
7844
6199
Wind (km/h)
40
N
45
NW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
E
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
SSW
15
S
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
4:32AM0.43m
12:03PM0.43m
11:15AM0.47m
11:10AM0.51m
Low Tide
8:12AM0.40m
8:29PM0.10m
8:12PM0.14m
7:23PM0.17m
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:01
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:02
6:04
 mm
1
Temp °C
17
19
16
15
14
12
11
10
10
11
11
11
11
10
10
9
8
9
11
10
10
11
Feels °C
7
9
9
8
8
4
3
1
2
4
5
5
6
5
6
5
4
6
8
6
6
7
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Carpenters Rocks surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest