Depot Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.63° S 150.33° E

Issued: 4 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Depot Beach sea temperature is

19.1°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 (10 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Depot Beach at 9AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (10 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 33°C on Mon afternoon, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSE by Mon night).
	Saturday 10								Sunday 11								Monday 12
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	NE 6	SSE 8	SSE 5	SSE 6	SE 7	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	NE 8	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	ESE 9	ESE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 5	S 6
Wave Graph
kJ	252	176	153	112	95	42	128	78	52	67	107	145	201	233	123	97	67	30	26	30	36	36	80	171
Wind (km/h)	N	NW	N	NNW	NW	WNW	SSE	S	S	N	N	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	WNW	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross	glassy	glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross-on
High Tide				8:39AM1.42m				8:57PM1.32m				9:14AM1.46m				9:39PM1.25m				9:48AM1.48m				10:20PM1.17m
Low Tide		2:25AM0.17m				2:52PM0.19m				2:58AM0.22m				3:36PM0.17m				3:30AM0.28m				4:18PM0.18m


	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—
mm	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	16	16	24	28	28	18	16	17	16	16	20	22	22	18	17	16	16	19	29	32	33	18	16
Feels °C	12	14	15	22	24	23	15	15	17	16	15	18	19	19	16	17	15	14	16	26	29	29	14	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 6	SE 7	NE 9	NE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 8	NE 6	NE 5	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	252	176	153	112	95	42	30	23	52	67	107	145	61	53	35	28	58	30	19	30	36	36	23	18
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	ESE 8	NE 6	E 12	E 12	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	NE 8	ESE 9	ESE 8	S 6	S 6	E 9	ESE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	E 8	ESE 8
kJ	5	37	44	3	3	36	35	31	40	60	101	103	11	3	6	10	31	30	26	26	26	17	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 10	E 9	E 12	E 12	SE 8	E 11	E 10	NE 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SE 7	SE 7	S 6	ESE 9	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	E 9	E 8	E 8	—	E 8
kJ	3	8	7	3	3	31	9	19	25	21	22	18	2	2	2	16	14	13	12	6	13	12	—	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	—	NE 6	NE 6	NW 4	SSE 8	SSE 5	—	—	—	—	NE 8	NE 8	NE 5	NE 6	NE 5	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 5	S 6
kJ	77	69	—	62	72	15	128	78	—	—	—	—	201	233	123	97	67	—	—	—	—	—	80	171
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	2	0	2	0	2	0	37	20	0	0	2	32	519	104	93	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	103	15
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	4	4	2	1	2	2	5	7	8	9	9	8	8	4	4	6	6	5	5	6	1	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	5	5

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