Duranbah 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.17° S 153.55° E

Issued: 10 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Duranbah sea temperature is

22.5°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 (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 4AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	7s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Evening (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Fri night, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).
	Thu 5		Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	50	50	50	165	229	220	226	281	268	268	227	184	132	94	90	69	69	58	58	58
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	ENE	NE	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NW	WNW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	6:05PM1.56m				6:45AM1.53m				6:52PM1.52m				7:27AM1.64m				7:34PM1.47m
Low Tide			00:27AM0.28m				12:49PM0.40m				1:04AM0.26m				1:38PM0.37m				1:38AM0.25m


	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	7:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	20	24	25	24	22	21	20	18
Feels °C	20	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	19	18	19	22	22	22	21	22	21	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	E 9	N 6
kJ	31	50	50	50	50	220	226	281	268	268	227	184	132	94	90	69	69	58	58	64
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 8	E 9
kJ	50	17	11	12	19	50	50	50	51	52	53	56	61	61	58	58	58	49	33	58
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	E 15	NE 10	E 14	E 14	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	N 5	NE 10	E 13	NE 10	NE 12	NE 10	E 12	NE 12	NE 12
kJ	4	4	4	4	4	19	12	7	6	6	3	2	4	3	4	6	4	12	23	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 3	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 5	NNE 5	S 8
kJ	23	117	128	165	229	—	—	—	—	—	9	11	8	7	24	52	45	44	48	29
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	120	41	41	1	0	0	0	0	177	1	0	0	0	58	533	242	143	0	0	39
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Rating (10 max)				1	2	2	2	2		2	2	1	1					1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	1	4	4	5	4	4	1	1	3	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5

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