Depot Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.63° S 150.33° E

Issued: 10 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Depot Beach sea temperature is

19.0°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 (11 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Depot Beach at 7PM is: 1.7m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (11 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (11 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 32°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 11						Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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)	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	ESE 9	NE 8	NE 8	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 6	NE 4	NE 5	SSE 5	S 6	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	SSE 7	NE 7	SSE 6	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	115	86	115	153	154	80	62	30	26	26	38	16	23	117	206	206	152	127	99	65	214	1310
Wind (km/h)	NW	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	N	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross
High Tide		9:14AM1.46m				9:39PM1.25m				9:48AM1.48m				10:20PM1.17m				10:23AM1.46m
Low Tide				3:36PM0.17m				3:30AM0.28m				4:18PM0.18m				4:02AM0.34m					5:01PM0.21m


	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Temp °C	14	20	21	23	19	18	17	17	19	28	31	32	20	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	13	12
Feels °C	13	18	18	20	17	17	15	14	16	25	28	30	17	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	9	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	NE 8	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	115	86	54	53	44	20	45	27	18	26	13	16	23	21	17	18	26	41	49	65	48	38
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 9	S 6	S 6	S 6	ESE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	NE 6	E 9	NE 6	WNW 3	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 9	SE 7	—	N 12	—	N 12
kJ	78	76	11	6	2	10	31	30	26	7	13	6	2	6	12	12	15	2	—	3	—	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 6	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 9	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 9	S 15	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 7	N 13	ESE 7	—	S 15	S 15	E 16	E 16
kJ	14	16	5	2	2	16	13	12	7	6	4	13	12	6	5	3	5	—	5	4	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NE 8	NE 8	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	—	—	NE 5	NE 6	NW 3	S 3	SSE 5	S 6	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 5	SSE 6	S 8
kJ	—	—	115	153	154	80	62	—	—	12	38	2	2	117	206	206	152	127	99	52	214	1310
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	32	519	104	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	27	109	34	15	15	109	144	144	150	285
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Rating (10 max)	2	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1
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Rating (10 max)	8	9	9	8	8	8	4	6	6	5	5	4	5	3	4	5	4	5	4	2	3	1
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Rating (10 max)	8	9	9	8	8	8	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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