Depot Beach surfForecast / NSW – South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
18.6° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Depot Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Depot Beach at 3PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
1.3
SSE
1.8
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
1.5
NE
1.6
NE
1.3
NNE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.7
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.3
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)888888787775659996761111107
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1421731491269075186396134945996148936157383811170215633119
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
W
0
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
E
0
ENE
5
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
0.99
4:52PM
1.43
5:57AM
1.05
5:47PM
1.45
6:39AM
1.12
6:33PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:22AM
0.50
11:48PM
0.20
11:24AM
0.45
12:32AM
0.18
12:15PM
0.38
1:10AM
0.17
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise5:56-------5:54-------5:54-------
Sunset---5:50-------5:51-------5:52----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151921191614131211151718161413121218231918181817
Feels °C (?)1115191613121211101312131211109915191515151512
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Depot Beach (light winds from the NW at Ulladulla Aws 33 km from Depot Beach). 0.9m 9s swell from the NE with a 0.4m 4s local chop from the S and a 0.3m 8s swell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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33 km away, 37 min ago

17 km/h
NW
0.0
18.6
Air / Water (°C)
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