Depot Beach surfForecast / NSW – South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.4°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 11AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 2.0m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
!
2
!
!
!
!
4
4
3
3
!
!
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)81111111111121212121212121313121212131212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46412891313162518621492269726482243270416441535174522872419230821162267217918071665146511831011
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
1.32
8:52PM
1.63
9:32AM
1.25
9:38PM
1.64
10:28AM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:35AM
0.07
2:32PM
0.19
3:27AM
0.03
3:14PM
0.25
4:22AM
0.03
4:00PM
0.33
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise--6:24-------6:24-------6:26-----
Sunset-----5:30-------5:30-------5:28--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C12109131617161312101014151615141312121517171615
Feels °C (?)97611131212997712121313121110101315151413
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