Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.41° S 142.51° E

Dredges 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Dredges sea temperature is
14.2°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Dredges today (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Dredges at 5AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (25 Sep)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (25 Sep)5ft (1.6m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu night, min 9°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SSE by Sat night).

Thu
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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)
4
3
2
1
3
3
1
0
1
2
3
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
SW
13
1.7
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.5
SW
12
1.5
SW
12
1.5
SW
12
1.5
SW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.6
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.8
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.5
SW
19
1.9
SW
18
3
SW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1006
874
786
724
645
634
645
767
852
852
1004
1273
1220
1102
1155
1609
2423
4871
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
5
NW
5
W
15
SW
10
WNW
5
NW
15
WSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:14AM0.53m
12:31PM0.82m
00:25AM0.63m
12:42PM0.79m
Low Tide
7:14PM0.33m
5:43AM0.27m
6:58PM0.31m
6:16AM0.23m
6:51PM0.28m
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Temp °C
21
19
18
15
14
16
16
14
12
12
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11
11
11
10
11
Feels °C
19
18
17
13
13
16
14
11
10
11
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10
8
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5
3
4
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