Duranbah 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.17° S 153.55° E

Issued: 9 am 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Duranbah sea temperature is

21.4°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 (15 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 12PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue night, fresh winds from the S by Wed night).
	Tuesday 15						Wednesday 16								Thursday 17
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	!	!	!	!	3	2	2	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	N 4	N 4	NNW 5	E 6	S 6	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	50	50	50	33	32	28	37	59	26	308	866	1262	1765	2621	2712	2325	1772	1631	1597	1283	1067	898
Wind (km/h)	NW	N	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	WSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			10:28AM1.53m				10:27PM1.28m				11:08AM1.49m				10:58PM1.16m				11:55AM1.44m
Low Tide	4:02AM0.35m				4:40PM0.52m				4:29AM0.42m				5:27PM0.64m				5:00AM0.48m				6:27PM0.73m


	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	19	20	19	19	18	17	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	14	12	12	15	18	18	16	16
Feels °C	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	15	14	13	13	11	10	9	7	6	6	9	12	12	12	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	N 5	N 5	E 6	E 13	E 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16
kJ	24	24	17	17	18	24	24	35	17	18	4	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	E 6	E 6	N 5	E 13	—	S 17	—	—	—	—	NE 13	—	E 13	E 12	E 12
kJ	50	50	50	33	32	16	16	26	26	4	4	—	6	—	—	—	—	7	—	3	3	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	E 10	E 15	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	SSE 9	E 14	NE 13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 16
kJ	2	2	4	5	6	5	5	17	4	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 2	N 2	N 3	N 4	NNE 4	N 4	N 4	NNW 5	S 4	S 6	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	1	1	7	12	22	28	37	59	23	308	866	1262	1765	2621	2712	2325	1772	1631	1597	1283	1067	898
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Distance (km)	204	4	4	0	0	15	177	1744	355	39	39	0	170	204	1374	1374	1044	847	247	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)			1	1	1							1								4	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	2	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5

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