Duranbah 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.17° S 153.55° E

Issued: 4 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 (05 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 9PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	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.
	Thu 5				Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	E 9	N 5	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	56	53	50	49	164	170	229	270	243	221	227	208	222	165	127	92	66	66	58	58	77	58
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NE	N	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	WNW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:05PM1.56m				6:45AM1.53m				6:52PM1.52m				7:27AM1.64m				7:34PM1.47m
Low Tide	11:54AM0.44m				00:27AM0.28m				12:49PM0.40m				1:04AM0.26m				1:38PM0.37m				1:38AM0.25m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	7:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	32	31	26	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	20	24	25	23	22	21	21	19
Feels °C	28	29	24	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	19	18	19	22	23	22	22	21	23	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	NE 5	E 9	N 6
kJ	56	53	31	49	66	68	50	270	243	221	227	208	222	165	127	92	66	66	58	19	58	49
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 5	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	S 8	E 9	S 8	E 9
kJ	5	2	50	17	11	14	19	50	50	50	51	52	53	74	60	61	58	58	50	58	32	58
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 10	NE 10	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	ENE 4	E 13	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	S 8	NE 12	NE 12
kJ	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	19	12	6	6	6	3	10	3	3	4	4	4	48	23	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 6	N 6	S 3	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	N 6	NNE 5	—	NNW 5	N 3	N 4	N 4	NNE 5	N 5	N 5	S 8
kJ	45	40	8	185	164	170	229	—	—	—	—	6	11	—	9	11	19	38	35	24	77	28
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	53	41	1	0	0	53	0	177	4	0	0	0	74	493	184	143	12	0	41
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1			1	2	2	1	2		1	2	1	1					1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	1	4	4	5	4	4	1	2	3	2	2	5
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