Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.31° S 152.53° E

Elim 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 08 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Elim sea temperature is
21.9°C
1.3° 

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 (09 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Nov, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Elim at 12AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Nov)--
Afternoon (09 Nov)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (09 Nov)11ft (3.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Wed morning).

Sun
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
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)
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3
1
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
10
3
S
9
3.5
S
9
3.5
S
10
3
S
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
10
3
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
2.3
SSE
11
2.2
SSE
11
2
SSE
11
1.8
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1655
1468
1849
2110
2016
2274
2124
1898
2397
2383
2467
2511
2059
1731
1503
1421
1260
1144
871
692
578
500
Wind (km/h)
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
E
20
E
25
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
8:26PM1.19m
8:42AM1.64m
9:06PM1.15m
9:16AM1.65m
9:45PM1.10m
Low Tide
2:10AM0.23m
3:16PM0.18m
2:42AM0.27m
3:56PM0.18m
3:15AM0.31m
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Temp °C
15
16
16
16
16
14
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16
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17
16
16
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19
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16
Feels °C
7
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9
8
6
9
10
10
11
13
11
10
12
15
14
14
14
16
16
15
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