Dolphin Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.41° S 150.45° E

Issued: 4 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Dolphin Point sea temperature is

19.0°C

Dolphin Point 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 Dolphin Point today (11 Oct):

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) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Dolphin Point at 8PM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 11). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (11 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (11 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	5s

Table - waves today at Dolphin Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 32°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 11				Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	S 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SSE 5	NE 8	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	126	149	84	73	48	28	41	31	23	35	44	41	105	26	44	57	60	143	57	37
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	NW	NW	N	WNW	WSW	WNW	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross
High Tide				9:37PM1.40m				9:55AM1.68m				10:19PM1.32m				10:30AM1.67m
Low Tide		3:41PM0.34m				3:32AM0.36m				4:24PM0.33m				4:04AM0.43m					5:07PM0.35m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	1	1	2
Temp °C	22	23	19	19	19	19	20	30	32	30	26	18	16	15	15	15	16	15	13	12
Feels °C	19	21	17	17	17	16	17	27	29	27	24	15	15	13	15	14	15	12	9	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 7	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	88	56	34	14	34	18	41	26	13	35	44	33	23	26	44	57	60	69	57	37
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 9	E 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SE 7	—	N 12	N 12	N 12
kJ	17	10	3	16	31	28	26	6	6	13	11	12	12	12	5	2	—	3	3	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 7	NE 7	E 9	S 16	S 15	E 9	E 8	S 14	ESE 8	NE 13	ESE 7	S 16	S 15	S 15	E 16	E 16
kJ	7	6	6	14	13	16	6	5	5	6	6	4	6	7	5	5	5	4	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NE 5	N 4	NE 6	NE 4	—	W 3	SSE 4	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	S 7	S 9
kJ	126	149	84	73	48	23	9	31	23	—	3	41	105	146	108	112	119	143	494	1655
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	536	16	27	0	0	0	0	20	20	20	0	96	82	46	10	82	82	82	258	589
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Rating (10 max)		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	2	2	3	5	5	4	5	1	4	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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