Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.41° S 142.51° E

Dredges 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

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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 (16 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Dredges at 4AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (16 Oct)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (16 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
2
2
2
2
2
3
0
0
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
12
1.6
SW
11
1.4
SW
11
1.5
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
1.5
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.3
SW
12
1.2
SW
12
1.2
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.5
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
638
606
483
534
332
313
734
649
494
416
409
314
268
197
164
134
125
196
Wind (km/h)
10
E
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
5
ENE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
3:36AM0.93m
2:08PM0.66m
4:04AM0.87m
2:15PM0.65m
Low Tide
8:25PM-0.00m
9:37AM0.45m
8:47PM0.02m
9:55AM0.49m
9:08PM0.07m
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
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Temp °C
18
14
12
12
14
17
21
20
20
18
16
16
16
20
20
22
22
20
Feels °C
15
9
7
7
8
13
19
15
16
15
12
13
12
17
17
18
19
17
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