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Depot Beach surfForecast / NSW – South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Depot Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Depot Beach sea temperature is
20.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Depot Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Depot Beach at 1AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (22 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (22 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

Table - waves today at Depot Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
3
3
3
1
1
2
!
!
2
4
3
3
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111188999101099999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78394997695987081770561954094010491004812690667602451406415359294287237194
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
5
E
5
N
5
WSW
10
SSW
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SE
10
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
NNW
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:26PM
1.13
11:15AM
1.50
12:06AM
1.17
11:56AM
1.42
12:49AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:57AM
0.38
5:55PM
0.13
5:44AM
0.39
6:32PM
0.16
6:38AM
0.41
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise------6:05-------6:05-------6:07-
Sunset--8:14-------8:14-------8:13-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------11----------------
Temp. °C212019171717171618181817151415181920181717151621
Feels °C (?)191819171817151416131212121213161616161616141519
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