Elim 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.31° S 152.53° E

Issued: 10 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Elim sea temperature is

21.9°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 (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Elim at 3PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (05 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 22°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the NW by Sat morning).
	Thursday 5						Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 6	S 7	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	33	33	35	240	286	489	790	682	548	503	450	324	219	149	117	93	70	52	40	42	42	344	620	1133
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SE	E	ENE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NW	ENE	E	NNE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide	6:14AM1.32m				6:10PM1.33m				6:55AM1.43m				6:59PM1.28m				7:33AM1.53m				7:44PM1.24m
Low Tide			12:13PM0.40m				00:30AM0.17m				1:07PM0.32m				1:05AM0.18m				1:54PM0.26m				1:38AM0.20m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46
	—	—	—	7:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:19	—	—	—	7:20
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1
Temp °C	19	22	21	18	18	17	16	15	16	18	18	19	19	18	17	16	17	21	22	21	20	17	16	15
Feels °C	16	17	13	11	12	13	13	12	14	17	16	16	15	13	14	15	16	19	19	17	15	12	10	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	NE 4	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	33	33	35	34	40	40	597	499	548	503	450	324	219	149	117	93	70	52	36	34	13	43	43	43
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	NNE 8	NE 7	E 9	—	E 15	E 9	E 8	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	NE 5	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 6	S 18	NE 6
kJ	5	6	2	2	—	4	38	37	38	25	25	24	24	24	25	23	20	40	40	42	42	8	25	1
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 12	E 15	—	E 15	—	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	ENE 9	E 9	NE 6	NE 6	S 16	S 7	NE 12	S 18	S 17
kJ	5	3	4	—	4	—	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	26	40	11	12	5	24	6	25	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 4	SW 4	SSW 6	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	N 6	NE 3	NE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	—	—	—	NE 3	NNE 5	S 6	S 7	S 8
kJ	12	38	192	240	286	489	790	682	—	—	—	1	6	21	28	64	—	—	—	11	33	344	620	1133
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	16	16	325	366	150	0	0	0	0	7	331	422	101	86	23	3	0	22	23	40	34	16	16	16
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Rating (10 max)	1	1			2	3	4	4	3	3			2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	1	3	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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