Depot Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.63° S 150.33° E

Depot Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Depot Beach sea temperature is
18.0°C
1.3° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 17s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Depot Beach at 5AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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)
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSE
8
1.4
SSE
8
1.4
SSE
8
1.1
S
8
1
S
9
0.9
S
9
0.9
S
9
0.8
S
9
0.4
S
17
0.4
S
17
0.4
S
17
0.6
S
9
0.3
S
17
0.5
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.6
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
286
250
244
173
155
132
134
106
86
93
95
55
52
38
25
27
28
64
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
ENE
15
E
15
NE
5
NW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
5
W
10
E
10
E
10
SSE
5
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
00:55AM0.90m
1:00PM1.24m
2:09AM0.85m
2:06PM1.21m
Low Tide
7:02PM0.42m
6:14AM0.56m
8:12PM0.46m
7:13AM0.61m
9:24PM0.45m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:51
5:52
 mm
Temp °C
13
11
10
9
9
15
18
17
17
15
16
15
16
23
27
27
18
16
Feels °C
12
9
8
7
7
13
15
14
16
12
13
11
12
20
23
24
16
16
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