Depot Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.63° S 150.33° E

Depot Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Depot Beach sea temperature is
17.4° C
1.0° 

Depot Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Depot Beach today (18 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Depot Beach at 7PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)--
Afternoon (18 Aug)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (18 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
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)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
E
6
0.3
ESE
14
0.4
ESE
13
0.4
ESE
12
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
1.1
ENE
6
1.9
NE
6
1.8
NE
6
1.4
NE
6
1.2
NE
6
1.3
NNE
6
1.1
NE
6
0.9
NE
6
0.9
NE
6
0.9
NE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.7
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
31
37
55
50
66
63
55
53
69
205
206
127
96
120
82
60
52
54
46
34
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:27AM1.04m
12:59PM1.27m
1:25AM0.93m
1:53PM1.24m
Low Tide
6:36PM0.42m
6:21AM0.42m
7:40PM0.46m
7:04AM0.50m
8:53PM0.48m
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:28
5:28
5:29
 mm
Temp °C
16
16
15
14
13
12
12
15
19
17
16
16
15
15
16
19
20
18
17
16
Feels °C
13
13
12
12
11
10
10
13
14
13
13
13
12
12
13
16
16
15
14
14
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