Cudmirrah Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.19° S 150.58° E

Issued: 10 am 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cudmirrah Reef sea temperature is

18.9°C

Cudmirrah Reef 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 Cudmirrah Reef today (12 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cudmirrah Reef at 4PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (12 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (12 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	5s

Table - waves today at Cudmirrah Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 32°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 12						Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	NE 5	SSE 5	S 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	SSE 6	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 11	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	27	17	19	13	18	49	122	180	161	166	155	60	138	889	1783	1775	1190	638	443	259	901	1024
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NW	W	W	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		9:48AM1.49m				10:19PM1.17m				10:23AM1.47m					11:01PM1.09m			10:59AM1.43m
Low Tide				4:18PM0.17m				4:02AM0.33m				5:00PM0.20m				4:34AM0.40m					5:45PM0.25m


	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	30	32	29	25	17	16	15	15	16	17	16	14	13	12	12	12	13	15	15	15	14
Feels °C	18	27	30	26	24	16	15	14	14	16	16	14	10	8	6	5	6	8	10	10	12	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	NE 4	SE 8	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 10	ENE 9	S 15	S 11	ENE 9	S 10
kJ	9	5	17	9	18	11	12	16	161	166	155	60	19	21	16	9	9	8	39	235	8	786
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	SE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	NE 7	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 7	E 8	ENE 9	NE 12	ENE 10	NE 8	S 17	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 15	ENE 9
kJ	27	17	6	13	13	12	12	12	23	37	45	31	6	17	6	9	2	5	8	8	4	16
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	E 4	NE 6	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 7	SE 7	ENE 8	—	—	—	NE 12	N 12	E 14	—	NE 7	—	E 15
kJ	7	6	1	6	12	6	6	6	5	5	2	14	—	—	—	6	3	4	—	2	—	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NE 6	NE 4	—	SSE 5	S 6	SSE 7	—	SE 5	—	ESE 5	SSE 6	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 11	S 10
kJ	—	—	19	27	—	49	122	180	—	17	—	14	138	889	1783	1775	1190	638	443	259	901	1024
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	2	4	4
Distance (km)	7	50	7	2	7	64	17	17	17	0	10	55	231	231	515	73	17	17	515	17	17	17
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	2	1						2	2		2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	6	7	8	4	4

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