Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Driftwoods today (06 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 1AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (06 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
| Evening (06 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Driftwoods. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Tue morning, min 20°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 5 | Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSE 14 | SSE 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 239 | 201 | 294 | 201 | 198 | 279 | 327 | 308 | 372 | 361 | 355 | 350 | 345 | 335 | 445 | 420 | 401 | 389 | 377 | 362 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | on | on | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:08PM2.02m | 8:08AM1.47m | 6:21PM2.11m | 8:37AM1.57m | 7:22PM2.19m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:04AM0.26m | 12:07PM1.22m | 1:52AM0.16m | 1:16PM1.09m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:17 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 23 |
Feels °C | 26 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSE 13 | SSE 13 | SSW 15 | SSE 14 | SSE 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 |
| kJ | 239 | 201 | 294 | 181 | 198 | 279 | 327 | 308 | 372 | 361 | 355 | 350 | 345 | 335 | 445 | 420 | 401 | 389 | 377 | 362 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 14 | SSE 14 | SSE 13 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSE 13 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | WNW 5 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 19 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 |
| kJ | 145 | 192 | 187 | 201 | 196 | 198 | 144 | 144 | 140 | 142 | 22 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 14 | 37 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SW 11 | SSE 16 | SW 10 | WNW 6 | W 6 | W 5 | SSW 15 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 10 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 10 | SW 10 |
| kJ | 46 | 45 | 39 | 38 | 18 | 85 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 142 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 6 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 5 | — | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 7 | — | — | W 7 | WNW 5 | WNW 4 |
| kJ | 42 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 15 | — | 18 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 37 | — | — | 32 | 17 | 15 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 318 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 110 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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