Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse) Surf Forecast

/ WA – North West (27 surf breaks) /

Australia (828 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse) surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 AWST

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Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse) sea temperature is 19.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse) today?

The current surf forecast for Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse) at 1AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AWST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	14s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s
Evening (17 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s

Table - waves today at Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	3	2	2	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1220	1273	1002	890	951	877	743	651	632	552	494	494	331	613	921	1347	1243	1535	1650	1523	1474	1277	1217	1117
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	NE	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	W	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:53PM 0.52			7:33AM 0.59					8:58PM 0.55				8:27AM 0.57				8:57PM 0.60				9:10AM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)	2:01PM 0.25			1:40AM 0.50					2:16PM 0.31				2:22AM 0.42				2:26PM 0.35				3:02AM 0.35

	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	17	17	20	25	23	21	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	19
Feels °C (?)	16	16	15	16	15	18	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	17	15	16	16	16	15	14	13	16	14	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - North West

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse) (light winds from the SE at Geraldton Airport 12 km from Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse)). 1.7m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 0.7m 4s local chop from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 13 minutes ago Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse)

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1 h 13 min ago

11 km/h

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