Dark Hollow surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 05 May 2026 AEST
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Dark Hollow surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dark Hollow sea temperature is
16.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dark Hollow today?

The current surf forecast for Dark Hollow at 6PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 05). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)--
Afternoon (05 May)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (05 May)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

Table - waves today at Dark Hollow. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed morning, min 5°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Fri
8
1 PM
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
2
1
1
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
NE
10
1.9
NE
10
1.8
NE
10
1.7
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1
ENE
10
1.9
S
6
1.8
S
7
1.9
S
7
1.6
SSW
7
0.8
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
1.7
S
7
2.4
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
695
638
612
522
439
378
397
366
366
340
334
334
281
275
225
293
286
355
247
133
116
88
270
765
Wind (km/h)
0
SSE
5
ENE
0
ESE
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
S
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:30AM0.85m
10:20PM1.18m
12:23PM0.84m
11:03PM1.15m
1:16PM0.84m
11:49PM1.13m
Low Tide
4:03PM0.64m
5:43AM0.23m
4:46PM0.66m
6:31AM0.25m
5:35PM0.68m
7:18AM0.26m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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6:58
6:58
7:00
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5:08
5:07
5:06
5:05
3
5
Temp °C
19
17
15
12
10
12
14
17
18
15
14
9
8
6
5
9
12
11
9
6
6
10
10
13
18
16
15
11
8
9
11
13
14
11
11
6
5
3
1
4
7
6
6
2
3
7
6
8
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
NE
10
1.9
NE
10
1.8
NE
10
1.7
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1
ENE
10
1
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
1.5
S
7
1.3
S
7
1
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.7
ENE
10
0.6
ENE
10
0.5
ENE
10
Energy kJ
695
638
612
522
439
378
397
366
366
340
334
334
281
275
225
198
160
211
154
83
54
88
65
57
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
13
0.3
S
7
0.3
SSE
14
0.4
S
14
0.3
S
14
0.3
S
13
0.3
S
13
0.3
S
13
0.7
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.3
N
6
0.2
N
6
0.1
N
5
0.2
S
13
0.9
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.6
S
7
0.2
NNW
4
0.1
N
9
Energy kJ
82
62
61
60
8
36
61
33
32
31
31
38
19
6
2
1
13
160
163
133
116
32
2
2
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
14
0.3
S
3
0.3
S
6
0.3
SSE
13
0.3
S
6
0.2
S
5
0.3
S
13
0.3
SSE
13
0.2
S
13
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
18
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.4
NNW
4
0.1
SE
8
0.1
N
15
Energy kJ
103
2
7
35
6
2
31
34
13
6
6
26
25
50
48
7
2
5
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
3
0.3
SSW
3
0.6
NW
3
0.6
NW
4
0.8
NW
4
1
NNW
4
1.2
NNW
5
1
NNW
5
1.1
S
5
1.6
S
6
1.2
S
5
1.7
S
6
1.9
S
6
1.8
S
7
1.9
S
7
1.6
SSW
7
0.6
W
4
0.8
NW
4
0.3
WSW
3
1.7
S
7
2.4
S
8
Energy kJ
4
2
7
11
19
35
59
46
51
188
77
200
293
286
355
247
10
16
1
270
765
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
Distance (km)
49
49
93
93
49
93
49
49
49
155
155
130
49
93
49
49
130
176
177
130
93
49
49
49
Best forecast wave conditions in East Coast of Tasmania
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
4
4
4
4
2
4
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
5
1
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
3
7
5
5
4
6
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
8
9
6
5
8
8
5
5
6
5
5
5
7
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