Duranbah 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.17° S 153.55° E

Issued: 4 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Duranbah sea temperature is

22.4°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 (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 10AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Evening (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	N 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	122	19	19	29	44	78	33	33	33	33	34	56	55	72	51	50	50	231	181	142	165	186	162	130	108	110
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SE	ENE	NNW	W	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	N	NNW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	on	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide			5:06AM1.25m				5:12PM1.57m				5:58AM1.39m				6:05PM1.56m				6:45AM1.53m				6:52PM1.52m
Low Tide	11:01PM0.36m			10:51AM0.50m					11:47PM0.32m				11:54AM0.44m				00:27AM0.28m				12:49PM0.40m				1:04AM0.26m


	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50
	—	—	—	—	—	7:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	7:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	22	28	29	25	23	22	20	21	24	30	32	31	21	20	19	19	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	18
Feels °C	19	19	22	25	29	25	24	22	19	19	22	26	28	29	19	18	17	18	19	20	20	20	19	20	19	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 6	E 8	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 9	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	21	95	56	58	64	81	33	76	82	70	53	51	55	52	31	50	50	51	51	142	165	186	162	130	108	110
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 3	E 8	S 6	S 6	E 8	E 9	S 5	E 9	E 8	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	NNE 5	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5
kJ	6	19	19	29	31	33	1	33	31	28	34	56	5	53	51	17	17	13	13	50	50	89	6	20	22	25
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 9	SE 3	S 8	SSE 6	E 8	E 8	S 6	S 6	E 15	S 5	N 10	N 10	NE 10	E 14	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 14	E 8	E 9	E 9
kJ	—	6	6	5	6	2	1	14	33	33	18	10	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	11	11	6	4	51	52	53
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 6	W 4	WNW 4	WSW 3	E 8	E 8	N 6	—	—	W 3	—	—	N 6	N 6	S 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 8	N 5	N 5	N 5
kJ	122	6	5	1	44	78	81	—	—	1	—	—	46	72	115	115	137	231	181	17	18	11	90	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	25	4	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	15	0	0	53	41	41	0	0	0	0	0	177	4	1	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				2	1	1	1	2		1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	4	1	5	3	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	7	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	9	8	8	6	7	5

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