Elim 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.31° S 152.53° E

Issued: 3 am 11 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 (11 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Elim at 9AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	12s
Afternoon (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Evening (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Sun morning, light winds from the NW by Mon afternoon).
	Saturday 11								Sunday 12								Monday 13
	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)	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	SW 6	SW 6	SSW 6	SW 6	SSW 8	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	424	357	266	226	252	275	308	251	220	212	157	125	109	83	61	35	128	132	47	42	76	47	33	45
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NE	NE	N	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW	WNW	NNW	NNE	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross	cross-off
High Tide			4:47AM1.06m				5:22PM1.66m				5:57AM1.07m				6:19PM1.77m				6:59AM1.11m					7:13PM1.86m
Low Tide	11:07PM0.32m				10:34AM0.26m				00:13AM0.20m				11:34AM0.24m					1:12AM0.09m			12:32PM0.21m


	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	13	12	13	15	16	16	14	13	13	13	15	17	16	14	12	11	10	9	12	15	15	16	14
Feels °C	12	11	10	11	13	13	14	11	9	9	9	8	11	8	7	4	4	5	4	7	11	11	14	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SSW 6	SW 6	SSW 8	SSW 7	SSW 7	SW 7
kJ	424	357	266	202	197	275	308	251	220	212	157	125	109	83	61	35	32	21	47	42	76	47	33	22
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 14	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12
kJ	53	163	181	226	252	121	86	88	55	39	38	26	13	13	6	6	6	2	16	7	7	12	28	45
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 19	S 17	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	—	S 12	E 10	E 11	S 12	S 11	E 11	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8
kJ	28	6	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	2	1	1	1	—	3	2	2	3	21	2	7	6	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNW 2	WSW 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	SW 5	SW 6	SW 6	W 4	WNW 4	—	W 4	W 4	WSW 2
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	1	3	1	15	23	28	37	57	128	132	18	8	—	10	27	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	3	3	15	23	3	3	3	3	0	13	13	16	16	71	13	8	8	0	3	3	3	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	2	4	1	1	9	9	3	9	1	1	1	1	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	7	5	5	5	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5

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