Fairhaven surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 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
17.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairhaven today?

The current surf forecast for Fairhaven at 4PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
1
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121111111112121010101010101010161616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14991325110696689444032532024520920016013110696163163299273360350407341331
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
E
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
0
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
1.86
12:02AM
1.59
1:05PM
2.03
12:44AM
1.67
1:50PM
2.14
1:26AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:36AM
0.35
6:28PM
0.65
6:20AM
0.15
7:14PM
0.60
7:04AM
-0.01
7:56PM
0.57
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------
Sunset---5:52-------5:51-------5:50----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111313121110998121717151515151517191715151514
Feels °C (?)799999776101413121212121215161413141412
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