Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Compton Bay today (21 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Compton Bay at 9PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (21 Oct) | 10ft (3.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (21 Oct) | 8ft (2.5m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Compton Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu night, min 10°C on Fri morning). Mainly gales. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | SSW 6 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 8 | W 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1152 | 942 | 821 | 1178 | 2094 | 1447 | 751 | 430 | 556 | 216 | 368 | 1209 | 2215 | 9250 | 9829 | 9386 | 5682 | 1826 | 1310 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross |
High Tide | 7:36PM1.94m | 8:30AM2.09m | 8:36PM2.06m | 9:20AM2.26m | 9:29PM2.20m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:45PM0.95m | 2:00AM0.67m | 2:26PM0.75m | 2:38AM0.47m | 3:02PM0.53m | ||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  | |  |  | | |  | | |  |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Feels °C | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 1 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | — | — | — | SE 7 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 556 | 216 | 108 | — | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | S 4 | SSW 6 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 8 | W 8 |
| kJ | 1152 | 942 | 821 | 1178 | 2094 | 1447 | 751 | 430 | 354 | 14 | 368 | 1209 | 2215 | 9250 | 9829 | 9386 | 5682 | 1826 | 1310 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 430 | 430 | 356 | 487 | 540 | 318 | 252 | 113 | 213 | 34 | 108 | 303 | 430 | 423 | 163 | 172 | 68 | 356 | 356 |
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