Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.31° S 152.53° E

Elim 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Elim sea temperature is
21.4°C
1.8° 

Elim surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Elim today (14 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Elim at 6AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (14 Oct)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (14 Oct)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 39mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue night, min 15°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Tue night, calm by Thu morning).

Tue
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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)
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
3
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
NE
7
1.4
S
7
2
SSE
7
2.5
S
8
2.5
S
8
2.5
S
8
2.5
S
9
2.4
S
9
2.2
S
9
2
S
8
1
S
13
2
S
12
2
S
11
1.9
S
11
1.8
S
11
1.7
S
10
1.6
S
10
1.6
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
168
350
832
836
980
1137
921
720
529
343
1103
1029
850
723
586
509
512
Wind (km/h)
25
S
15
SSE
30
SSE
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
0
ESE
10
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:43PM1.14m
10:53AM1.55m
11:23PM1.05m
11:31AM1.49m
Low Tide
4:21AM0.31m
5:33PM0.26m
4:53AM0.39m
6:20PM0.33m
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 mm
2
9
16
7
3
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Temp °C
19
17
16
15
16
16
17
16
16
17
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
16
16
11
9
10
10
11
9
10
12
12
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14
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13
13
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