Duranbah 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.17° S 153.55° E

Issued: 10 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Duranbah sea temperature is

21.3°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Duranbah today (13 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 1PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 13). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Evening (13 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 17°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 13						Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	110	83	91	80	65	49	52	23	34	33	597	1055	1136	979	878	804	689	489	289	229	247	269
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	N	NW	WSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		10:22AM1.68m				10:25PM1.28m				10:59AM1.64m				10:57PM1.17m					11:38AM1.59m
Low Tide				4:43PM0.46m				4:18AM0.37m					5:26PM0.55m			4:46AM0.44m					6:15PM0.64m


	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—
mm	—	—	1	2	6	1	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—
Temp °C	21	25	23	22	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	19	18	18
Feels °C	21	26	23	22	21	21	21	21	16	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 9	ENE 8	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	E 9	SSE 16	ENE 9	S 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 10
kJ	19	19	20	24	25	25	25	54	34	22	40	23	22	12	11	28	24	16	84	85	44	70
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 10	NNE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	NE 9	NE 9	S 18	E 10	SSE 17	E 10	SE 15	E 9	E 9	E 9	SE 11
kJ	10	10	14	14	14	22	21	23	34	33	23	22	22	6	8	28	17	54	27	40	40	44
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	E 10	S 7	S 6	S 6	—	S 6	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 15	E 15	—	—	NE 10	—	ENE 9	—	SE 14	E 13	SE 11	S 7
kJ	1	8	1	1	1	—	1	21	14	21	4	4	—	—	4	—	32	—	46	3	64	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNE 6	NW 4	S 3	S 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7
kJ	110	83	91	80	65	49	52	23	5	163	597	1055	1136	979	878	804	689	489	289	229	247	269
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	12	39	58	39	39	25	0	1	157	141	141	324	278	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1					1	1	1						3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	4	4	9	4	7	4	6	4	5	5

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