Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.41° S 142.51° E

Dredges 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Dredges sea temperature is
14.4°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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Dredges at 1AM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 09). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Afternoon (10 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (10 Oct)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Fri night, light winds from the NNW by Sat night).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
4
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.2
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2.1
SW
14
2
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2.3
WSW
13
3
W
10
2.5
WSW
10
3
WSW
11
3
WSW
12
3.5
SW
16
4
SW
15
4.5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
4.5
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2905
2687
2803
2140
2055
1863
1602
1665
1820
1424
1200
1918
2253
5771
7280
9209
9491
8975
7698
7283
Wind (km/h)
25
N
15
N
20
WNW
35
NNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
30
W
25
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
NNW
30
NW
30
NNW
15
W
20
SW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
High Tide
12:58PM0.69m
1:08AM0.71m
1:02PM0.67m
1:29AM0.82m
1:09PM0.65m
Low Tide
7:04PM0.32m
7:14AM0.30m
7:00PM0.24m
7:45AM0.30m
7:08PM0.15m
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rain showers
rain showers
clear
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clear
cloud
cloud
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clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
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Temp °C
22
22
19
16
15
12
11
15
17
16
15
14
12
12
12
18
22
23
20
14
Feels °C
18
19
15
11
10
6
6
9
12
10
11
11
9
10
9
13
16
18
17
11
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