
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Dairy Beach (New Pier) today (24 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Dairy Beach (New Pier) at 11PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (24 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
| Evening (24 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Dairy Beach (New Pier). (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Sat night, min 20°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 24 | Sunday 25 | Monday 26 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
389 | 289 | 267 | 194 | 151 | 192 | 188 | 148 | 46 | 70 | 72 | 60 | 161 | 94 | 76 | 66 | 103 | 124 | 109 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off |
High Tide | 2:36PM2.00m | 2:51AM1.89m | 3:07PM2.09m | 3:23AM1.97m | 3:39PM2.13m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:49PM0.25m | 8:53AM0.19m | 9:20PM0.16m | 9:27AM0.14m | 9:52PM0.12m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
6:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 |
Feels °C | 23 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 |
389 | 289 | 267 | 194 | 151 | 192 | 188 | 148 | 46 | 70 | 72 | 50 | 60 | 62 | 62 | 59 | 41 | 40 | 68 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | SE 10 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | S 9 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 |
36 | 37 | 68 | 58 | 55 | 59 | 50 | 53 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 60 | 37 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | — | SE 10 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SSW 10 | S 15 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | E 8 | SSW 9 | S 12 |
5 | — | 37 | 47 | 44 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 68 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 55 | 48 | 47 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 24 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | SSW 2 | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 9 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 |
30 | 58 | 131 | 116 | 132 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 348 | 193 | 229 | 182 | 161 | 94 | 76 | 66 | 103 | 124 | 109 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 404 | 153 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 695 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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