Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.85° S 116.77° E

Downtowns 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Downtowns sea temperature is
27.8°C
0.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Downtowns today (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Downtowns at 11AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WITA) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (27 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (27 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
11
1.6
SSW
12
1.5
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.5
SSW
12
1.5
SSW
12
1.5
SSW
12
1.5
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
12
1.1
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1207
1100
1170
871
943
1026
1011
995
965
934
469
751
699
598
634
599
589
589
486
399
341
368
349
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
E
5
SE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
11:45AM1.25m
10:50PM1.89m
12:31PM1.16m
11:23PM1.91m
1:22PM1.06m
Low Tide
5:25AM0.03m
4:32PM0.72m
6:06AM-0.03m
4:57PM0.76m
6:50AM-0.02m
5:21PM0.80m
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
25
27
28
28
27
27
26
26
25
27
28
29
29
27
26
26
25
27
29
30
29
27
26
Feels °C
29
31
32
31
31
31
30
30
28
31
30
32
32
30
29
30
29
31
31
32
32
30
29
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