Fairhaven surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
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Fairhaven surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fairhaven sea temperature is
13.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Fairhaven today?

The current surf forecast for Fairhaven at 7PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (17 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
0
!
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
1
2
3
2
2
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
5
WSW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
3
WSW
4
WSW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131212111111121212121212141112131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70621077544793751293123181751131910136755345037697636465007021480140822064942612268306795
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
N
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43PM
1.58
7:30AM
1.57
6:45PM
1.45
8:52AM
1.49
8:20PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
0.34
1:16PM
0.96
1:42AM
0.50
2:52PM
0.97
3:10AM
0.60
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------6:20-------6:18-------6:16-
Sunset-6:14-------6:15-------6:15------
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------1----111-1
Temp. °C1414119977131819161313141216191914987710
Feels °C (?)786663381215131010109121414721013
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for VIC - Torquay

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 2 km from Fairhaven has become light (calm at AireysInlet). Waves should be turning clean at Fairhaven. A 3.5m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here

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Actual: 52 min ago

2 km/h
ESE
Clean
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