Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.31° S 152.53° E

Elim 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Elim sea temperature is
20.2°C
0.8° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Elim at 9PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)--
Afternoon (04 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (04 Oct)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, strong winds from the S by Tue night).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
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
0
0
3
2
1
0
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
ENE
8
2
NE
8
1.5
ENE
8
2.1
NE
8
1.6
ENE
8
1.6
ENE
8
1.4
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
236
470
300
507
331
347
311
299
325
305
305
258
253
197
161
158
154
154
127
127
Wind (km/h)
15
E
20
NE
20
ENE
5
E
5
SSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
5
NW
20
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
0
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
SE
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
on
on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
High Tide
3:21PM1.47m
4:38AM0.99m
4:36PM1.48m
5:45AM1.09m
5:41PM1.51m
Low Tide
10:34PM0.26m
10:00AM0.50m
11:38PM0.20m
11:17AM0.44m
cloud
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clear
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cloud
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cloud
clear
part cloud
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cloud
clear
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Temp °C
19
19
20
19
19
18
17
18
19
20
20
21
20
19
18
23
22
22
21
21
Feels °C
17
18
19
21
21
17
14
17
19
18
19
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20
19
17
23
20
20
20
21
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