Duranbah 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.17° S 153.55° E

Issued: 10 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Duranbah sea temperature is

22.0°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 (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 6PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (31 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 18°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 31						Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	135	107	96	72	72	72	55	52	34	34	62	87	92	125	19	20	21	22	20	20	20	20
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	SSW	S	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy
High Tide			12:46PM1.69m				1:20AM1.03m				1:52PM1.64m					2:42AM1.05m				3:03PM1.60m
Low Tide	5:48AM0.36m				7:45PM0.41m				6:52AM0.45m					8:59PM0.42m				8:11AM0.52m				10:05PM0.40m


	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:05	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	21	21	21	21	20	18	18	19	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	20	24	24	23	21	21
Feels °C	20	20	19	19	19	18	16	16	17	21	21	20	20	21	21	20	22	24	24	24	24	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 6	E 6	E 6	SSE 10	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 6	N 5	S 4	ENE 6
kJ	135	107	96	72	72	72	55	52	34	34	33	11	6	12	19	134	100	43	23	15	10	20
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 15	SE 15	SE 14	SE 14	NE 3	E 8	NE 4	SE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SSE 4
kJ	56	56	53	51	2	5	5	4	6	10	10	19	19	19	2	20	21	22	20	20	20	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	NE 10	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	NE 10	E 13	E 11	—	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NNE 5	NNE 5
kJ	14	15	13	12	12	4	5	5	5	5	10	4	4	4	3	2	—	20	20	19	9	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 2	NE 3	N 3	NNW 3	N 3	NNW 4	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	N 6	—	SSE 2	SSE 3	SSE 4	—	—
kJ	1	1	2	5	3	8	7	14	20	30	62	87	92	125	200	173	—	1	6	13	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	508	555	4	12	12	224	12	139	74	264	224	39	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	58	58
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Rating (10 max)	1			1	1	1		1						1	2	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	3
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5

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