Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cherating today (18 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Cherating at 11PM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (+08) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 5s |
| Evening (18 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Cherating. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 31°C on Wed afternoon, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 5 | SE 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 30 | 42 | 18 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 61 | 75 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | glassy | off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | glassy |
High Tide | 1:59AM2.03m | 12:40PM1.83m | 3:09AM2.07m | 12:46PM1.67m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:07PM0.63m | 7:41AM1.37m | 7:38PM0.61m | 9:13AM1.55m | 8:13PM0.62m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — |
mm | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Temp °C | 29 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 26 |
Feels °C | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 6 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | N 6 | N 6 | SE 5 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 24 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 6 | N 6 | — | N 5 | — | N 7 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | — | — | N 7 | N 6 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | — | — | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 5 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 20 | 19 | 30 | 42 | — | — | 33 | 20 | 20 | 61 | 75 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 697 | 662 | 662 | 662 | 662 | 662 | 662 | 706 | 662 | 662 | 662 | 662 | 662 | 662 | 25 | 25 | 662 | 0 | 0 |
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