Elim 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.31° S 152.53° E

Issued: 3 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Elim sea temperature is

19.8° C

Elim 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 Elim today (16 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Elim at 10AM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	5.5ft (1.7m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	5ft (1.5m)	8s
Evening (16 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	E 8	E 8	ESE 9	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	675	558	504	327	307	295	264	228	190	149	163	168	181	178	188	193	229	256	302	265	334	589	961	1147
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				9:37AM1.21m				9:41PM1.84m					10:26AM1.23m				10:27PM1.73m				11:14AM1.25m
Low Tide		3:42AM-0.05m				3:10PM0.19m					4:27AM-0.03m				4:01PM0.23m				5:09AM0.03m				4:54PM0.31m


	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—
mm	1	2	2	1	1	1	—	1	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	1	—	1	2	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Feels °C	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	11	10	12	12	12	12	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	SSW 8	S 11	S 11	E 8	E 8	S 10	S 10	E 10
kJ	5	5	4	327	307	295	264	228	190	149	118	88	64	61	188	193	23	82	57	265	334	49	47	1147
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	S 15	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 16	S 15	S 7	SSW 8	S 12	S 21	S 21	S 11	S 10	SSE 20	SSE 19	S 10
kJ	—	—	—	5	97	104	104	22	35	35	35	22	45	40	45	24	25	35	79	56	54	77	74	29
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	S 18	S 18	E 8	S 17	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 15	SSW 9	S 12	S 20	—	—	SSE 21	SSE 21	—	S 18	SSE 19
kJ	—	—	—	—	25	25	22	53	54	101	56	52	76	39	25	25	33	—	—	87	83	—	6	72
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	ESE 6	—	—	—	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	S 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	S 6	S 6	ESE 9	E 10	—
kJ	675	558	504	80	—	—	—	113	134	134	163	168	181	178	—	31	229	256	302	49	60	589	961	—
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Distance (km)	139	139	139	34	7	13	16	16	16	16	16	96	96	161	16	16	16	184	184	184	184	304	272	184
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2				2	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	5	5	6	6	9	6	8	9	8	7	6	6	8	9	9	9	7

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