Depot Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.63° S 150.33° E

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Depot Beach sea temperature is

17.7°C

Depot Beach 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 Depot Beach today (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 5s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Depot Beach at 6AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	5s
Evening (13 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Mon morning, min 8°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Tue afternoon).
	Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	!	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	NE 6	NE 6	S 12	S 11	S 11	NE 6	S 11	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 6	S 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	106	57	141	130	125	192	141	132	121	116	123	82	102	130	136	96	103	109	115	86	84	298	1093	939
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	SW	SSW	SW	SSE	SSE	S	S	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-off
High Tide				9:26AM1.40m				9:42PM1.32m					10:02AM1.40m				10:24PM1.20m				10:40AM1.38m
Low Tide		3:14AM0.16m				3:36PM0.21m				3:47AM0.24m					4:22PM0.25m				4:19AM0.32m				5:10PM0.30m


	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:49	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	2	3	3
Temp °C	15	15	15	22	23	23	21	19	16	15	16	22	25	24	22	20	16	15	14	16	15	11	10	9
Feels °C	14	13	13	19	19	19	18	17	14	13	13	18	22	21	21	18	14	14	13	15	11	6	4	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	S 11	S 10	S 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	106	57	141	130	125	96	100	118	85	76	70	82	54	50	136	96	103	109	115	86	84	49	34	18
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 13	S 13	ENE 13	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	ENE 13	S 9	S 9	S 9	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13
kJ	17	14	14	16	17	51	18	132	121	116	83	17	17	17	31	30	28	16	14	14	6	16	16	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 19	S 11	ENE 13	ENE 13	—	ENE 13	S 18	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	—	S 15	—	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	—	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 13	E 16	—	S 16
kJ	28	40	17	17	—	18	6	18	17	17	17	—	5	—	17	17	16	—	15	15	16	5	—	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	N 6	NNE 6	—	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NNE 6	—	W 3	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	S 6	S 8	S 8
kJ	35	31	31	32	63	192	141	71	128	—	123	75	102	130	196	—	1	51	54	49	47	298	1093	939
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	2	0	0	0	0	2	43	43	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	15	1035	109
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	6	6	2	2	6	5	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	8	5	5	4

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