Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.31° S 152.53° E

Elim 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Elim sea temperature is
22.0°C
1.4° 

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 (10 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Elim at 12AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Nov)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (10 Nov)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (10 Nov)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Mon afternoon, calm by Wed night).

Mon
9
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
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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4
4
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
2.4
SSE
11
2.3
SSE
11
2.1
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
1.1
NE
6
1.1
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2202
2192
2059
1808
1775
1615
1369
1268
1194
972
792
672
548
471
402
292
249
211
161
116
104
145
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
5
NW
5
WSW
5
E
20
SE
15
SE
20
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
SSE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
9:06PM1.15m
9:16AM1.65m
9:45PM1.10m
9:50AM1.63m
10:24PM1.05m
Low Tide
2:42AM0.27m
3:56PM0.18m
3:15AM0.31m
4:35PM0.20m
3:49AM0.35m
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
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1
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Temp °C
17
17
16
15
14
13
14
16
17
18
19
19
18
17
18
21
21
20
20
21
19
19
Feels °C
11
10
11
12
12
11
13
14
13
14
15
16
17
17
18
20
18
19
19
21
21
21
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