Catherine Hill Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.15° S 151.63° E

Issued: 3 am 16 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Catherine Hill Bay sea temperature is

17.3° C

Catherine Hill Bay 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 Catherine Hill Bay today (16 Aug):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Catherine Hill Bay at 8AM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	6s
Afternoon (16 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s
Evening (16 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s

Table - waves today at Catherine Hill Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	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	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	S 17	SSE 6	S 17	SE 7	SSE 7	S 8	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 9	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	166	130	148	209	148	183	204	110	233	178	162	116	111	88	96	96	88	108	108	105	108	91	101	98
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SW	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	glassy	cross-off	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on
High Tide	10:02PM1.53m				10:40AM1.36m				10:44PM1.37m				11:21AM1.36m				11:26PM1.21m				12:05PM1.34m
Low Tide			4:26AM0.10m				4:39PM0.28m				5:01AM0.19m				5:30PM0.35m				5:35AM0.29m				6:26PM0.43m


	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:25	—	—
mm	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	1
Temp °C	14	13	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	13	13	14	12	13	14	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 17	S 7	SE 7	SSE 7	S 8	S 11	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	S 9	S 9	ESE 7	S 8	S 8	S 12	S 11	ESE 7	ESE 7	S 11	ESE 8
kJ	166	130	97	147	114	183	204	110	233	102	111	108	91	80	74	96	49	35	95	85	108	91	55	98
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 12	S 17	S 12	S 18	S 18	ESE 6	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 9	SSW 13	SSW 12	S 9	S 12	S 12	SE 11	E 9	S 11	S 11	ESE 13	ESE 12
kJ	93	94	148	26	148	69	54	54	55	178	162	116	111	53	52	52	25	24	29	6	81	56	90	83
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	S 12	S 18	ENE 10	SE 7	ESE 8	S 17	S 17	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 12	—	S 12	ENE 10	SE 11	ENE 9	ESE 15	ESE 14	ESE 14	E 9	S 11
kJ	19	19	19	20	27	96	10	7	20	23	22	63	35	51	—	26	9	19	8	21	41	71	7	55
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ESE 4	ESE 5	SSE 6	ESE 6	—	—	ESE 6	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	—	ESE 7	—
kJ	—	24	32	209	91	—	—	64	—	—	—	—	—	88	96	—	88	108	108	105	—	—	101	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1
Distance (km)	6	13	14	155	203	21	14	15	13	0	0	13	14	15	67	15	51	43	15	51	58	107	15	26
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2			2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1		1	1	2	2	1	2		2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	8	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	5

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