Childers Cove Mepunga Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.50° S 142.68° E

Childers Cove Mepunga 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 19 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Childers Cove Mepunga sea temperature is
14.0° C
0.4° 

Childers Cove Mepunga surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Childers Cove Mepunga today (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Childers Cove Mepunga at 4AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.7m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.2m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (20 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (20 Aug)8ft (2.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Childers Cove Mepunga. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed night, min 8°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
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
1
3
3
2
4
0
2
4
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
2.3
WNW
8
2
W
9
1.8
WSW
13
1.9
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.8
W
10
2.5
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
16
1.9
SW
16
2
SW
15
3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
17
3
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
543
536
507
592
632
1144
1156
555
625
2267
2716
1787
1761
3394
2698
3495
6711
5402
Wind (km/h)
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
W
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:00AM0.91m
2:47PM0.89m
4:41AM0.86m
2:50PM0.86m
Low Tide
9:08PM0.07m
9:16AM0.52m
9:33PM0.09m
9:32AM0.60m
9:57PM0.13m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:09
7:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:55
5:57
 mm
3
3
1
Temp °C
16
14
13
12
12
12
13
11
10
9
9
8
10
10
12
13
13
11
Feels °C
11
9
8
8
8
8
9
6
6
5
4
3
7
6
8
8
8
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 Childers Cove Mepunga 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